Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor requires transforming growth factor-β for exerting its full neurotrophic potential on peripheral and CNS neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 9822-9834

  Krieglstein, Kerstin ^a   Henheik, Prisca ^a   Farkas, Lilla ^a   Jaszai, Jozsef ^a   Galter, Dagmar ^a   Krohn, Knut ^b   Unsicker, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromaffin cells; Dopaminergic neurons; Exocytosis; Motoneurons; Neurodegenerative disease; Reurotrophic factors; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WORTMANNIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMAFFIN CELL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO; EXOCYTOSIS; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032403377     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-23-09822.1998     Document Type: Article

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