Toxicity of ricin and volkensin, two ribosome-inactivating proteins, to microglia, astrocyte, and neuron cultures

GLIA

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 203-209

  Sparapani, Mauro ^a   Buonamici, Laura ^a   Ciani, Elisabetta ^a   Battelli, Maria Giulia ^a   Ceccarelli, Gianluca ^a   Stirpe, Fiorenzo ^a   Contestabile, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell death; Cultures; Glia; Neurons; Protein synthesis inhibition; Toxic lectins

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSIDASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEUCINE; PLANT LECTIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; RICIN; TOXIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VOLKENSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; RAT; RIBOSOME; SECRETION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; GLYCOPROTEINS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEUCINE; MICROGLIA; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; NEURONS; PLANT LECTINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RIBOSOMES; RICIN; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031194339     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199707)20:3<203::AID-GLIA4>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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