hydrocephalus/protease

Variably protease-sensitive prionopathy (VPSPr) is a novel disease involving the prion protein (PrP) that has clinical similarities with non-Alzheimer's dementias especially frontotemporal dementia, diffuse Lewis body disease, and normal pressure hydrocephalus. VPSPr can be distinguished from

Previous studies demonstrated that thrombin is an important factor in brain injury after intracerebral hemorrhage. This study investigated the effect of thrombin on hydrocephalus development in a rat intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) model. There were three parts in this study. First, male

The teratogenic effects of rabbit anti-rat-kidney serum (AKS) combined with E-64 (a thiol protease inhibitor) were examined. Wistar rats were injected with 10 or 20 mg/kg of E-64 on days 9 and 10 of gestation, and with a subteratogenic dose (1 ml/kg) of AKS on day 9 or day 10. The most common

To examine the effects of E-64 (a thiol protease inhibitor) on the development of rat embryos, pregnant Wistar rats were injected with 10-30 mg/kg of E-64 intra-peritoneally on days 9 and 10 of gestation. On day 21, the rats were killed and the fetuses were examined for malformations. When 30 mg/kg

UBP43/USP18 was described as a specific protease that removes conjugated ubiquitin-like modifier ISG15 from target proteins. The severe phenotype of UBP43(-/-) mice characterized by premature death, brain cell injury, and deregulated STAT1 signaling was ascribed to an enhanced conjugation of ISG15.

BACKGROUND We aimed to investigate whether vaspin, a member of the serine protease family, could be used as a marker for the severity and prognosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). METHODS Fifty-two consecutive patients (mean age, 51.46±3.2 years; 61.5% male) admitted to the emergency service of

Death and co-morbidity derived from acute bacterial meningitis remain unacceptably high and are mainly related to immune-mediated cerebral dysfunction. Cerebral edema, hydrocephalus and ischaemic cerebrovascular events are severe complications that eventually occur following the activation of a

Bacterial meningitis is a medical emergency and is optimally managed in an intensive care environment. Despite the use of antibiotics, the prognosis of this disease is poor because of central nervous system complications such as brain edema formation, cerebrovascular alterations, intracranial

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is an autoimmune disorder characterised by fever, microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia, renal insufficiency, and thrombocytopenia. Neurological involvement, a prominent component of TTP, is characterised by a variety of brain lesions which include reversible

Infection is a frequent and serious complication following the treatment of hydrocephalus with CSF shunts, with limited therapeutic options because of biofilm formation along the catheter surface. Here we evaluated the possibility that the sarA regulatory locus engenders S. aureus more resistant to