Expression and regulation of glial-cell-line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) mRNA in human astrocytes in vitro

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 286, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 257-262

  Moretto, Giuseppe ^a   Walker, Douglas G ^b   Lanteri, Paola ^a   Taioli, Federica ^a   Zaffagnini, Stefano ^a   Xu, Ren Y ^c   Rizzuto, Nicolo' ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Astrocytes; GDNF; Human; Human cell cultures; mRNA; Neurotrophic factors; Protein kinase C

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NEURITE PROMOTING FACTOR; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; FETUS; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID CELL LINE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FETUS; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN KINASE C; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029804281     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050695     Document Type: Article

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