Epidermal growth factor is a motility factor for microglial cells in vitro: Evidence for EGF receptor expression

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1690-1698

  Christiane Nolte, ^a   Kirchhoff, Frank ^a   Kettenmann, Helmut ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; EGF receptor; Flow cytometry; Mouse; Single cell RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMOKINESIS; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOTAXIS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROGLIA; MITOSIS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 0030802319     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01526.x     Document Type: Article

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