Astroglial expression of hepatocyte growth factor and hepatocyte growth factor activator in human brain tissues

Brain Research

Volumn 762, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 251-255

  Yamada, T ^a   Yoshiyama, Y ^a   Tsuboi, Y ^a   Shimomura, T ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Astrocyte; Hepatocyte growth factor; Hepatocyte growth factor activator; mRNA

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEINASE; SCATTER FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MACROGLIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 0030814611     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00504-0     Document Type: Article

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