Astrocytes Profiling in Acute Hepatic Encephalopathy: Possible Enrolling of Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, Tumor Necrosis Factor- Alpha, Inwardly Rectifying Potassium Channel (Kir 4.1) and Aquaporin-4 in Rat Cerebral Cortex
2019 - 2021
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is neurological disarray manifested as a sequel to chronic and acute liver failure (ALF). A potentially fatal consequence of ALF is brain edema with concomitant astrocyte enlargement. The present study aims to outline the role of astrocytes in acute HE and shedding light on the most critical mechanisms driving this role