Neurotrophic actions of nonimmunosuppressive analogues of immunosuppressive drugs FK506, rapamycin and cyclosporin A

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 421-428

  Steiner, Joseph P ^a   Connolly, Maureen A ^a   Valentine, Heather L ^a   Hamilton, Gregory S ^a   Dawson, Ted M ^b   Hester, Lynda ^b   Snyder, Solomon H ^b  

^a GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; CYCLOSPORIN A DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; L 685818; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPIC AGENT; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CYCLOSPORINE; CYCLOSPORINS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITES; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PC12 CELLS; PIPERIDINES; POLYENES; PYRIDAZINES; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE; SIROLIMUS; TACROLIMUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030975605     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0497-421     Document Type: Article

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