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Immunotherapy by targeting of VGKC complex for seizure control and prevention of cognitive impairment in a mouse model of epilepsy

  • Authors:
    • Zhiliang Fan
    • Xiaojuan Feng
    • Zhigang Fan
    • Xingyuan Zhu
    • Shaohua Yin
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  • Published online on: May 9, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2018.9004
  • Pages: 169-178
  • Copyright: © Fan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Epilepsy is a type of refractory neurologic disorder mental disease, which is associated with cognitive impairments and memory dysfunction. However, the potential mechanisms of epilepsy are not well understood. Previous evidence has identified the voltage gated potassium channel complex (VGKC) as a target in various cohorts of patients with epilepsy. In the present study, the efficacy of an antibody against VGKC (anti‑VGKC) for the treatment of epilepsy in mice was investigated. A mouse model of lithium‑pilocarpine temporal lobe epilepsy was established and anti‑VGKC treatment was administered for 30 days. Memory impairment, anxiety, visual attention, inhibitory control and neuronal loss were measured in the mouse model of lithium‑pilocarpine temporal lobe epilepsy. The results revealed that epileptic mice treated with anti‑VGKC were able to learn the task and presented attention impairment, even a tendency toward impulsivity and compulsivity. It was also exhibited that anti‑VGKC treatment decreased neuronal loss in structures classically associated with attentional performance in hippocampus. Mice who received Anti‑VGKC treatment had inhibited motor seizures and hippocampal damage as compared with control mice. In conclusion, these results indicated that anti‑VGKC treatment may present benefits for improvements of the condition of motor attention impairment and cognitive competence, which suggests that VGKC may be a potential target for the treatment of epilepsy.

Introduction

Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder disease, which affects more than 50 million populations in the developing country (1,2). Though several new antiepileptic drugs have emerged over the past years, the incidence of refractory epilepsy remains high and seizure freedom eludes many patients with epilepsy (35). Epidemiological data has indicated that more than twenty percent of newly diagnosed patients are translating into refractory epilepsy every year (6,7). Many factors affect the treatment of epilepsy including environmental factors and genetic factors (8,9). In addition, patients with refractory epilepsy present neuronal loss in hippocampus, which is a common pathogenetic condition (10). Therefore, target therapy for molecular in hippocampus may be beneficial for the treatment of patient with refractory epilepsy (1113). Furthermore, previous reports have made endeavor to understand the potential molecular mechanism of refractory epilepsy (1315). However, exploring more and more target drug therapies are still required for refractory epilepsy patients.

Currently, various antibodies targeting of neuronal proteins have presented therapeutic effects for epilepsy patients (16,17). Voltage gated potassium channel complex (VGKC) involves in epilepsy and is associated with memory impairment, anxiety, visual attention and inhibitory control in nerve area (18,19). Study has reported that VGKC complex nerve hyperexcitability and limbic encephalitis was associated with the spectrum of immunotherapy-responsive clinical features in patients with epilepsy (20). VGKC antibody-associated encephalopathy was reported and conclusion exhibited psychotic disorder cause by VGKC (21). Although substantial evidences upon recovery are investigated after immunotherapy, residual amnestic deficits is frequently occurred in patients with epilepsy (22).

Many studies have shown that VGKC antibodies directly neutralized neuronal antigens on cell surface in patients with epilepsy, suggesting Anti-VGKC is specificity for molecules in epilepsy. Some patients with epilepsy exhibited higher autoantibodies of VGKC-complex (23,24). Therefore, this study investigated the efficacy of Anti-VGKC on motor attention impairment, cognitive competence, impulsivity, compulsivity and seizures in a subpopulation of neuroprotected mice. A recent study of the therapeutic effects of Anti-VGKC immunotherapy on cognitive improvement and neuronal loss has indicated that Anti-VGKC was beneficial for faciobrachial dystonic seizures, which contributed to motor attention impairment and potentially treatable disorder (25). However, these reports only studied benefits of VGKC-complex antibody for limbic encephalitis, but not analyzed the anxiety, visual attention and inhibitory control. Also, few preclinical studied the fundamental mechanism and therapeutic effects of Anti-VGKC on epilepsy and cognitive competence, impulsivity, compulsivity and seizures in a subpopulation of neuroprotected rats were limited to the few preceding reported (26).

In the present study, the effects of Anti-VGKC on the anticonvulsant activity of seizure control and improvements of cognitive function have been evaluated in models of epilepsy. A series of experiments were performed to analyze the therapeutic effects of Anti-VGKC for models of epilepsy mice (Fig. 1). Our data presented that cognitive impairment was relieved after immunotherapy of Anti-VGKC. In addition, although mice brain PET has shown that evidence of hippocampal atrophy was associated with progress to epilepsy observed in mice with epilepsy, the primary of hippocampal signal changes seldom reported in previous study. In this study, we undertook experiments to investigate the role of Anti-VGKC in mice model of lithium-pilocarpine temporal lobe epilepsy. Further evaluation of more preclinical data is essential to understand the potential impact of Anti-VGKC interactions on efficacy, tolerability, and dosing of new antiepileptic drug.

Materials and methods

Ethical approval and participant consent

The present study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University (ref. 11/H1011/102). All surgery and euthanasia of experimental mice were performed under sodium pentobarbital anesthesia to make minimize suffering.

Animals

A total of 20 J20 mice (eight weeks old, 24–32 g body weight) were purchased from the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Biophysics (Beijing, China). All mice were housed at preference temperature (22–24°C) under a 12 h light-dark cycle and free accessed food and water. Mice were divided into two groups (n=10 in each group). The epileptic mice were treated with intravenous injection for 30 days of 0.24 mg/kg Anti-VGKC or vehicle of PBS once a day for a total of 30 days.

Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR)

Total RNA was obtained from peripheral blood mononuclear cells and hippocampus cells by using RNAeasy mini kit (Qiagen Sciences, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD, USA). A total of 1 µg total RNA was reverse transcribed into cDNA. One-tenth of the cDNA was subjected to qPCR using an iQ SYBR-Green system. All the primers were synthesized by Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (Waltham, MA, USA). Primers sequences were as follow: VGKC, forward, 5′-CGCAGAACTTTCATTCTTTGGAC-3′; reverse, 5′-CTGGGCAAGTTTCAATAGGAGA-3′; Foxp2, forward, 5′-AACAGAGACCACTGCAGGTGCC-3′; reverse, 5′-TCCCTGACGCTGAAGGCTGAG-3′; SxIP, forward, 5′-GTGCAGTTGAGGTCCTTTCG-3′; reverse, 5′-GTCAGGAACAAACCCAGCTG-3′; EB, forward, 5′-GGTACAGGTGTGGTTCCAGA-3′; reverse, 5′-CTGGAGGGTGTCTGGAAGAG-3′; β-actin, forward, 5′-CGGAGTCAACGGATTTGGTC-3′; reverse, 5′-AGCCTTCTCCATGGTCGTGA-3′. PCR following thermocycling conditions were performed: 40 amplification cycles consisting of denaturation at 95°C for 5 min, primer annealing at 55°C for 20 sec with touchdown to 56°C for 20 sec, and applicant extension at 72°C for 5 min. Relative mRNA expression changes were calculated by 2−ΔΔCq (27). The results are expressed as the n-fold way compared to β-actin.

Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) analysis

VGKC proteins ELISA kits (cat. no. CSB-E13512h; Cusabio Biotech Co., Ltd., Houston, USA) were used to determine serum and cerebrospinal fluid concentration levels of the VGKC. The operating steps were conducted according to the manufacturer's instructions. The results were analyzed using an ELISA reader system (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA, USA).

Electroencephalography (EEG)

All mice treatment with VGKC or PBS underwent conventional 19-channel scalp EEG examination. On day 30, experimental mice were anesthetized to during the measurement. EEG was measured starting from the recovery of movement and data were recorded continuously for 30 min using the 10–20 system (EGI, Inc., Eugene, OR, USA) according to manufacturer's instructions.

Positron emission tomography imaging (FDG-PET)

FDG-PET was used to analyze the discharge sites by using statistical parametric mapping (SPM) software (SPM v2) and identified significant regions of cerebral neurons. FDG-PET images were spatially normalized onto the MNI (Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada) PET brain template which defined regions of interest. Normalized images were smoothed by convolution with a 10 mm FWHM Gaussian kernel to increase the signal to noise ratio. Detailed procedures for FDG-PET acquisition and image processing have been described in previous study (28).

Behavioral tests

On day 30, cognitive competence of mice was determined by the open field activity levels that a 60×60×25 cm black plexiglas box (length × width × height) was used to analyzed therapeutic effects of Anti-VGKC for epilepsy mice. Experimental mice were placed to the open black box 15 min and the behaviors were monitored and evaluated using an auto-tracking system (v3.2; SmarTrack; Smart Solutions, Inc., Madison, WI, USA). The 5-choice serial reaction time task (5-CSRTT) was used to evaluate a mice who exhibited beneficial performance according to previous study (29).

Morris water maze test

The path efficacy was analyzed using Morris water maze test at prior and post treatment of Anti-VGKC and control. Briefly, experimental mice were placed a circular stainless-steel tank with 155×60 cm (diameter × depth). Tank was filled with 40 cm water and skim milk at 27.0±1.0°C. Subsequently, the path efficacy in learned to find a hidden circular platform was observed in experimental mice.

Novel object recognition test

The novel object recognition test was performed in a 50×50×49 cm (length × width × height) white plexiglass box prior and post treatments. On day 30, experimental mice (n=4) in Anti-VGKC and control groups were subjected to a training program that all mice were exposed to two of the same objects. We recorded the exploration time for all mice. Twenty-four hours later, mice were placed back in white plexiglass box to recognize a novel object in the same place. The times in searching the novel objects were measured and recorded for accessing the spatial cognitive ability of the mice.

Experiment of elevated plus maze

Coordinating behavior, spiking frequency and escape latency of mice were evaluated using an elevated plus maze trial based on the hypothesis that mice exhibited fear of open field. The details of the elevated plus maze trial were as described previously (30), with the space the mice were subjected to increased three times to a size of 100×20×80 (length × width × height) cm. The experimental mice with schizophrenia were placed into the center of the elevated plus maze. The mice with schizophrenia were made to face the open arm for a total of 5 min. The time spent in the open and closed arms was recorded and calculated by employing the formula: D2=(B-A)/(B + A). A, represented the time spent in the open arm; B, represented the time spent in the closed arm; and D2, represented the discrimination index. Anxious behavior was measured using the aforementioned formula.

Rankin score and Status Epilepticus Severity Score (STESS)

The ability of Rankin score and STESS was evaluated as described previously (31,32). STESS' ability was used to predefine outcome of Anti-VGKC for mice with epilepsy. Rankin score was used to analyze the degree of nervous functional defects of epilepsy mice.

Histologic analysis

Hippocampus was isolated from experimental mice as described previously (33). Paraffin-embedded tissue sections were prepared and epitope retrieval was performed for further analysis. The paraffin sections were incubated with hydrogen peroxide (3%) for 15 min at 37°C. Tissue sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin (5%) for 1 h at 37°C. After PBST three washes, tissue sections observed using a light microscope (Olympus BX51; Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, Japan).

Immunofluorescence

Hippocampal tissue was cut into 4 µm thick sections and mounted on glass slides. The paraffinized sections were heated in an oven at 65°C for 24 h, dewaxed to water and rinsed with PBS three times. The washed sections were placed in EDTA buffer (Beinuo Bioscience Inc., Shanghai, China), and then boiled at a low heat following an interval of 10 min at 65°C for a total of three intervals. Following natural cooling, the sections were washed with PBS three times, and were placed into 3% hydrogen peroxide solution (Beina Bioscience Inc.) and washed with PBS three times. Tissue sections were incubated with rabbit anti-mouse monoclonal antibodies: Transcripts of forkhead-BOX P2 (Foxp-2) (ABE73), SxIP (ABE86) and microtubule end binding (EB) (ABC467, all 1:2,000 dilutions; all EMD Millipore; Billerica, MA, USA) at 4°C for 12 h. After rinsing, sections were incubated a with DyLight488 or DyLight650-conjugated secondary antibody (1:5,000; Pierce Biotechnology; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) at 37°C for 2 h. The sections were then washed with PBS and observed by fluorescent video microscopy (BZ-9,000; Keyence Corporation, Osaka, Japan).

Statistical analysis

All data were expressed as mean ± standard deviation. All experiments were repeated at least three times. Statistical analysis was performed using GraphPad software 5.0 (GraphPad Software, Inc., La Jolla, CA, USA). Statistical differences were analyzed by using student t tests or one-way analysis of variance followed by Tukey HSD test. *P<0.05, **P<0.01 were considered to indicate a statistically significant difference.

Results

In vivo therapeutic effects of Anti-VGKC in mice model of epilepsy

In order to investigate the expression of VGKC in mice model of epilepsy, we analyze the concentration level of VGKC in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum. The results in Fig. 2A and B, we showed that VGKC was up-regulated and Anti-VGKC decreased mRNA level of VGKC in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and serum. We demonstrated that Anti-VGKC down-regulated VGKC mRNA levels in hippocampus cells and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (Fig. 2C and D). Our data in Fig. 2E exhibited that Anti-VGKC presented a higher affinity with VGKC, which indicated Anti-VGKC could decrease the concentration level of VGKC in mice with epilepsy. In addition, several proteins related cognitive competences were evaluated in hippocampus cells in mice with epilepsy. The results in Fig. 2F-H showed that mRNA of Foxp-2, SxIP and EB were down-regulated in hippocampus cells in mice with epilepsy. These data suggested VGKC were up-regulated and neuroprotective gene were down-regulated in mice subjected epilepsy.

Performance of epilepsy mice after treatment with Anti-VGKC

We further analyzed the short therapeutic effects of Anti-VGKC in epilepsy mice in a four-week treatment period. Our data in Fig. 3A showed that Anti-VGKC markedly decreased the spike discharge rate compared to control mice. The 5-choice serial reaction time task (5-CSRTT) was used to evaluate the mice who exhibited beneficial performance corresponding to standard testing conditions. The results in Fig. 3B showed that Anti-VGKC treatment improved behaviors of mice with epilepsy scored by STESS. As shown in Fig. 3C, Anti-VGKC treatment improved cortical spiking of EEG compared to control. We demonstrated that time-frequency (Morlet wavelets) power spectra in epilepsy mice were markedly improved by Anti-VGKC treatment (Fig. 3D). We also showed that Anti-VGKC treatment decreased the total seizure duration and increased the whole traveled distance in the open field activity test compared to control (Fig. 3E and F). These results indicate that Anti-VGKC can improve behaviors and discharge activity of epilepsy mice.

Effect of Anti-VGKC on cortical epileptiform spiking and neuronal remission in vivo in mice model of epilepsy

In order to determine whether the effects of Anti-VGKC were beneficial on cortical epileptiform spiking and neuronal remission in vivo in mice model of epilepsy, interictal spike rate and neuronal remission were assessed in the presence of Anti-VGKC in epilepsy mice model. Our data in Fig. 4A presented that the Anti-VGKC improved pronounced epileptic phenotype by observation of water maze path efficiency data. Anti-VGKC treatment significantly reduced the spike discharge rate compared to control in mice with epilepsy (Fig. 4B, Bonferroni post-hoc, P<0.01). The frequency of seizures in mice treated with Anti-VGKC was significantly reduced from 1.46±0.35 seizures for vehicle to 0.31±0.08 seizures for Anti-VGKC (P<0.01, t-test, Fig. 4C). We also found that mice treated with Anti-VGKC exhibited significant difference in coordinating behavior and spiking frequency of hippocampus between Anti-VGKC and control group (Fig. 4D and E). Also, the results in Fig. 4F indicated that the coordinate ability was significantly improved by Anti-VGKC compared to control (One-way ANOVA, P<0.01). These data indicated that Anti-VGKC was beneficial for epileptiform spiking and neuronal remission in vivo in mice model of epilepsy.

Anti-VGKC exhibits efficient effects on cognitive competence

To examine the efficacy of Anti-VGKC on network excitability, hippocampal slices from experimental mice were investigated in vitro. We demonstrated that Anti-VGKC treatment decreased the spike rate compared to control group (Fig. 5A). The immunohistochemical analysis of temporal lobe demonstrated that Foxp-2, SxIP and EB expression levels were up-regulated in brain in Anti-VGKC-treated mice (Fig. 5B). To investigate the long circulating carrier of Anti-VGKC, 36-month observation was conducted and survival rate was also recorded in this work. We showed that survival rate was relative higher in Anti-VGKC-treated mice with epilepsy as vehicle-treated as control (Fig. 5C). In addition, the discharge sites were analyzed by using FDG-PET at pre-surgery and post-surgery (Fig. 5D). Furthermore, thionin staining of hippocampi area in Anti-VGKC and control groups demonstrated significantly difference in dispersion of the pyramidal cell layer (Fig. 5E). At last, the cognitive competence and anxiety were evaluated after Anti-VGKC treatment in mice with epilepsy. As shown in Fig. 4F, results indicated Anti-VGKC treatment improved cognitive competences determined by Rankin score. We demonstrated that Anti-VGKC treatment significantly improved cognitive competence analyzing by path efficiency assay (Fig. 5F). Anti-VGKC treatment improved path efficiency of experimental mice compared to control (Fig. 5G). Anti-VGKC treatment also decreased the number of damaged neurons in hippocampus analyzed by histology and immunofluorescence (Fig. 5H). Taken together, the beneficial efficacy of Anti-VGKC showed significant and rapid effects on circuit excitability, neuroprotective protein and cognitive competences in vitro and in vivo, which also presented the action of Anti-VGKC for inhibition in neuronal hyperexcitability.

Discussion

Currently, drug therapies for preventing or treating epilepsy have been extensively used in clinic (34). Numerous factors contribute to the occurrence of epilepsy. As the worse environment pollution, more and more epilepsy patients occurred and appeared drug resistance (35). Therefore, comprehensive treatment for patients with epilepsy is critical in clinical therapy. This study demonstrates that the presence of Anti-VGKC (0.24 mg) showed an efficient therapeutic approach in epileptic mice by intravenous injection, which is consistent with previous clinical reports and demonstrates better curative effects (20,36). In addition, target therapy and immunotherapy of Anti-VGKC are more compatible used in treatment of patients with epilepsy more than other antiepileptic drugs that show more efficient for patients with epilepsy (22,35,37). The present study showed that mice with epilepsy treatment with Anti-VGKC led to the therapeutic effects in preventing cognitive impairment and decreasing of neuronal loss in hippocampus. Furthermore, in this study, we not only demonstrated the impact of antiepileptic drug of Anti-VGKC on the efficacy and safety, but also provided a therapeutic schedule for clinic treatment of epilepsy. These are consistent intellectual efficacy, which have VGKC excessive expression in patients with epilepsy (38).

Previous study has reported that VGKC-complex antibodies were presented in patients with peripheral nerve Morvan's syndrome, hyperexcitability, epilepsy and limbic encephalitis (18,39). Although Radja et al (37) has showed that limbic encephalitis is usually caused by autoimmune neuropsychiatric condition. In particular, published study has also reported variable responses to immunosuppressive therapy in VGKC-complex antibody and their results that suggested VGKC-complex antibody showed significant improvements of epilepsy (37).

Here, our study found that the most significant improvements of Anti-VGKC treatment were demonstrated by epileptic mice presenting with cognitive impairment, neuron increasing and consistent neuroradiological changes. These observations illustrated the importance of Anti-VGKC for seizures frequency and improved epileptic phenomena in a 30-day treatment period. In addition, the inhibitory activity for hyperexcitability of neuron in mice model of epilepsy has not well understood (40,41). This study clarified that hyperexcitability of neuron was aberrant. Furthermore, recent evidences in published studies have identified an essential role for impaired cortical interneurons and seizure localization of epilepsy was authenticated in mice model of epilepsy (4244). Localization-related epilepsy was presumed to occur in a discrete cortical area in brain. Though identify the localization-related epilepsy is slight significance for control of seizures by epilepsy surgical operation, it was essential for doctors and clinicians in research and development of drug target therapy (45,46). In this study, we have investigated the localization-related epilepsy in mice model of J20 and evaluated the efficacy of Anti-VGKC. We also indicated that discharge sites in hippocampus was related the seizures frequency.

Currently, response-element binding protein-dependent genes expression is significant difference between in temporal lobe epileptic mice hippocampus and healthy mice (47). Foxp-2, SxIP and EB expression levels that owned neuroprotection has investigated and showed a decreasing trend in mice with epilepsy in previous study (48,49). In addition, a study has showed that the NAP (NAPVSIPQ) sequence of activity-dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP) contains the SxIP motif, EB protein target, which is critical for microtubule dynamics leading to synaptic plasticity and neuroprotection in a schizophrenia mouse model (30). In this work, our design investigated Foxp-2, SxIP and EB expression levels prior and post treatment of Anti-VGKC. Though basal mRNA and protein owned neuroprotective protein are surprisingly frequently observed in epileptic mice, the changes of these neuroprotective protein did not studied in temporal lobe epilepsy of mice (50). Importantly, we studied changes of Foxp-2, SxIP and EB expression levels that owned neuroprotection in epileptic mice prior and post treatment with Anti-VGKC. These neuroprotective protein affected seizure frequency, cognitive impairment, anxiety and EEG observed in the most of events (51). These observations were most consistent with hippocampus seizure involvement and EEG. Interestingly, Anti-VGKC was not only significantly relieved hippocampus excitability and prolonged survival of epilepsy-bearing mice, but also presents a potential anti-epilepsy efficacy in path efficiency (52). Our data confirmed these therapeutic effects of Anti-VGKC in epilepsy mice.

In conclusion, the finding in the present study demonstrated that Anti-VGKC treatment not only improved cognitive impairment, but also repaired impaired neurons. We further investigated VGKC expression in serum and CSF. We showed that improvement of cognitive effects on mice with a model of intractable epilepsy after Anti-VGKC treatment. However, significant survival period, cognitive and behavior improvements were shown, which are major indexes for mice with intractable epilepsy. It is therefore important that plerosis of injured midbrain neuron, cognitive impairment, decreasing of seizures of Anti-VGKC, are investigated so that more trails upon Anti-VGKC treatments should be explore to explain mechanism of these observations.

Acknowledgements

Not applicable.

Funding

No funding was received.

Availability of data and materials

The analysed data sets generated during the study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Authors' contributions

SY designed the present study. ZlF and XF performed the experiments, and ZgF and XZ analysed the experimental data. The final version of the manuscript was read and approved by all authors.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

The present study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University (Shandong, China; ref. 11/H1011/102).

Consent for publication

Not applicable.

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Fan Z, Feng X, Fan Z, Zhu X and Yin S: Immunotherapy by targeting of VGKC complex for seizure control and prevention of cognitive impairment in a mouse model of epilepsy. Mol Med Rep 18: 169-178, 2018
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Fan, Z., Feng, X., Fan, Z., Zhu, X., & Yin, S. (2018). Immunotherapy by targeting of VGKC complex for seizure control and prevention of cognitive impairment in a mouse model of epilepsy. Molecular Medicine Reports, 18, 169-178. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2018.9004
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Fan, Z., Feng, X., Fan, Z., Zhu, X., Yin, S."Immunotherapy by targeting of VGKC complex for seizure control and prevention of cognitive impairment in a mouse model of epilepsy". Molecular Medicine Reports 18.1 (2018): 169-178.
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Fan, Z., Feng, X., Fan, Z., Zhu, X., Yin, S."Immunotherapy by targeting of VGKC complex for seizure control and prevention of cognitive impairment in a mouse model of epilepsy". Molecular Medicine Reports 18, no. 1 (2018): 169-178. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2018.9004