Tetrahydrobiopterin as a mediator of PC12 cell proliferation induced by EGF and NGF

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1831-1837

  Anastasiadis, Panagiotis Z ^a,d   Bezin, Laurent ^a   Imerman, Bruce A ^a   Kuhn, Donald M ^b   Louie, Marisa C ^a   Levine, Robert A ^a,b,c  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinomycin D; cAMP; GTP cyclohydrolase; Rat

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOPTERIN; CELL DIVISION; CYCLIC AMP; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PC12 CELLS; RATS;

EID: 0030884605     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb00749.x     Document Type: Article

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