Ciliary neurotrophic factor activates JAK/Stat signal transduction cascade and induces transcriptional expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein in glial cells

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1413-1423

  Kahn, M A ^a   Huang, C J ^a   Caruso, A ^b   Barresi, V ^b   Nazarian, R ^a   Condorelli, D F ^b   De Vellis, J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliary neurotrophic factor; Ciliary neurotrophic factor responsive elements; Ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; JAK Stat; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031001345     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.68041413.x     Document Type: Article

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