Complement gene expression in mouse microglia and astrocytes in culture: Comparisons with mouse peritoneal macrophages

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 191-194

  Haga, Seiichi ^a   Aizawa, Takako ^a   Ishii, Tsuyoshi ^a   Ikeda, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Complement; Culture; Gene expression; Interferon ; Lipopolysaccharide; Microglia; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; GAMMA INTERFERON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030568986     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)13040-8     Document Type: Article

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