Identification of interleukin-6 as a factor that induces neurite outgrowth by PC12 cells primed with NGF

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 865-868

  Ihara, Sayoko ^a   Iwamatsu, Akihiro ^b   Fujiyoshi, Toshihide ^a   Komi, Akiko ^c   Yamori, Takao ^c   Fukui, Yasuhisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KIRIN BREWERY CO LTD   (Japan)

^c CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differentiation; IL6; Neurite; NGF; PC12 cells

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RNA SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029820962     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021499     Document Type: Article

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