Promotion of the development of enteric neurons and glia by neuropoietic cytokines: Interactions with neurotrophin-3

Developmental Biology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 343-365

  Chalazonitis, Alcmène ^a,c   Rothman, Taube P ^a   Chen, Jingxian ^a   Vinson, Emily N ^b   MacLennan, A John ^b   Gershon, Michael D ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYTOKINE; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; NESTIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; RECEPTOR; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS; GLIA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032525966     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8901     Document Type: Article

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