Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF/SF) in Alzheimer's disease

Brain Research

Volumn 779, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 262-270

  Fenton, H ^a   Finch, P W ^b   Rubin, J S ^c   Rosenberg, J M ^c   Taylor, W G ^c   Kuo Leblanc, V ^a   Rodriguez Wolf, M ^a   Baird, A ^d   Schipper, H M ^e,f   Stopa, E G ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Prizm Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease (AD); cMet; Growth factor; Hepatocyte growth factor; Scatter factor

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; SCATTER FACTOR;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROGLIA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 0031965003     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00958-X     Document Type: Article

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