Nerve growth factor induces apoptosis in human medulloblastoma cell lines that express TrkA receptors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 530-542

  Muragaki, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Chou, Thomas T ^a   Kaplan, David R ^c,d   Trojanowski, John Q ^a   Lee, Virginia M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

apoptosis; medulloblastoma; nerve growth factor; neurotrophins; S phase; TrkA

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

EID: 0031012257     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-02-00530.1997     Document Type: Article

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