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      Contribution of Pannexin1 to Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis 

      Lutz, Sarah E.; González Fernández, Estibaliz; Chara Ventura, Juan Carlos; Pérez Samartín, Alberto Luis ORCID; Tarassishin, Leonid; Negoro, Hiromitsu; Patel, Naman K.; Suadicani, Sylvia O.; Lee, Sunhee C.; Matute Almau, Carlos José; Scemes, Eliana (Public Library of Science, 2013-06)
      Pannexin1 (Panx1) is a plasma membrane channel permeable to relatively large molecules, such as ATP. In the central nervous system (CNS) Panx1 is found in neurons and glia and in the immune system in macrophages and T-cells. ...
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      Effects of FTY720 on brain neurogenic niches in vitro and after kainic acid-induced injury 

      Cipriani, Raffaela ORCID; Chara Ventura, Juan Carlos; Rodríguez-Antigüedad Zarranz, Alfredo; Matute Almau, Carlos José (Biomed Central, 2017-07-24)
      Background: FTY720 (fingolimod, Gilenya (TM)) is an oral, blood-brain barrier (BBB)-passing drug approved as immunomodulatory treatment for relapsing-remitting form of the multiple sclerosis (MS). In addition, FTY720 exerts ...
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      FTY720 attenuates excitotoxicity and neuroinflammation 

      Cipriani, Raffaela ORCID; Chara Ventura, Juan Carlos; Rodríguez-Antigüedad Zarranz, Alfredo; Matute Almau, Carlos José (BioMed Central, 2015-05-08)
      Background: FTY720 (fingolimod, Gilenya(TM)), a structural analog of sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), is the first oral drug approved for treatment the relapsing-remitting form of multiple sclerosis (MS), and its efficacy ...