c-Jun, JNK/SAPK kinases and transcription factor NF-κB are selectively activated in astrocytes, but not motor neurons, in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1314-1322

  Migheli, Antonio ^a   Piva, Roberto ^a   Atzori, Cristiana ^a   Troost, Dirk ^b   Schiffer, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Apoptosis; c Jun; JNK SAPK; NF B; Oxidant stress

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON; ONCOGENE C JUN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031469483     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199712000-00006     Document Type: Review

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