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Discovery of 'molecular switch' could be vital clue in MS
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 5:36 pm
by scorpion
Hopefully when they say years away they don't mean yeaaaaaarrrrrrrsssss away. Maybe there is an excess of emmprin in people's veins that lead to MS? Come on JL let me have this one! I have been a good boy lately!
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Disc ... story.html
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:38 pm
by cheerleader
been discussing EMMPRIN on this thread.
http://www.thisisms.com/ftopict-15222.html
EMMPRIN is not only elevated in MS lesions, it's elevated in stroke and cerebrovascular disease created by ischemic (low O2) insult.
cheer
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:22 am
by patientx
Thanks for posting this Scorp. It's a pretty good follow-on to what Squiffy had posted.
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:58 pm
by sou
This seems like a physiological reaction to hypoxia. Wouldn't restoring oxygenation be a better approach instead of silencing this protein?