Molecular evidence of aquaporin-4 dysregulation and neuroinflammatory stress underlying blood-brain barrier dysfunction in idiopathic intracranial hypertension: A case-control study.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate aquaporins (AQP), heat shock proteins (HSP), and CD146 (cluster of differentiation) as molecular markers of blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption and neuroinflammation in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). BACKGROUND Emerging evidence implicates BBB dysfunction and neuroinflammation, yet...