Critical role of TrkB and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the differentiation and survival of retinal pigment epithelium

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 8749-8755

  Liu, Zheng Z ^a   Zhu, Ling Q ^a   Eide, Fernette F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Differentiation; Dominant negative; Neurotrophin; Retina; Retinal pigment epithelium; TrkB

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030730641     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-22-08749.1997     Document Type: Article

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