Discovery of 'molecular switch' could be vital clue in MS

scorpion · Post by **scorpion** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 5:36 pm

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

cheerleader · Post by **cheerleader** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:38 pm

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

patientx · Post by **patientx** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:22 am

Thanks for posting this Scorp. It's a pretty good follow-on to what Squiffy had posted.

sou · Post by **sou** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:58 pm

This seems like a physiological reaction to hypoxia. Wouldn't restoring oxygenation be a better approach instead of silencing this protein?