GDNF mRNA levels are induced by FGF-2 in rat C6 glioblastoma cells

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 175-182

  Suter Crazzolara, Clemens ^a   Unsicker, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competitive RT PCR; Cytokine; FGF 2; Glia; Growth factor; Hormone; Tumor cell line

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FORSKOLIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; KAINIC ACID; LIOTHYRONINE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GLIA CELL; GLIOBLASTOMA; MESENCEPHALON; MOTONEURON; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030571067     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(96)00089-7     Document Type: Article

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