Upregulation of a new microglial gene, mrf-1, in response to programmed neuronal cell death and degeneration

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 6358-6369

  Tanaka, Shuuitsu ^a   Suzuki, Kazuhiko ^a,c   Watanabe, Masahiko ^a   Matsuda, Akira ^a   Tone, Sigenobu ^b   Koike, Tatsuro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Degeneration; Gene expression; Microgila; Neuron; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032529348     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-16-06358.1998     Document Type: Article

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