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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-8-4
pubmed:abstractText
The insulin receptor (IR) is a tyrosine kinase receptor that binds to insulin and plays pivotal roles in energy homeostasis, neuronal growth, neuronal survival, synaptic plasticity and cognitive function. The biological mechanisms of intractable epilepsy involve energy metabolism, neuron loss, neurogenesis and abnormal neural networks. Here, we evaluated the expression of the IR in the anterior temporal neocortex of patients with intractable epilepsy (IE) by immunohistochemistry, double-label immunofluorescence and immunoblotting. We compared these tissues against histologically normal anterior temporal lobes from individuals treated for post-trauma intracranial hypertension. We found that the IR was coexpressed with neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and that IR expression increased in the anterior temporal neocortex of epileptic patients. On the basis of the potential physiological effects of IR, our findings suggest that increased expression of the IR is a consequence of epileptic seizures and a cause of IE.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1878-5883
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
296
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
64-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20624623-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:20624623-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:20624623-Anticonvulsants, pubmed-meshheading:20624623-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:20624623-Child, pubmed-meshheading:20624623-Drug Resistance, pubmed-meshheading:20624623-Epilepsy, pubmed-meshheading:20624623-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20624623-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:20624623-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20624623-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:20624623-Intracranial Hypertension, pubmed-meshheading:20624623-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20624623-Neocortex, pubmed-meshheading:20624623-Phosphopyruvate Hydratase, pubmed-meshheading:20624623-Receptor, Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:20624623-Seizures, pubmed-meshheading:20624623-Temporal Lobe, pubmed-meshheading:20624623-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Increased insulin receptor expression in anterior temporal neocortex of patients with intractable epilepsy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't