A role for transforming growth factor α as an inducer of astrogliosis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 10541-10552

  Rabchevsky, Alexander G ^a   Weinitz, Juno M ^a   Coulpier, Muriel ^a   Fages, Christiane ^a   Tinel, Marina ^a   Junier, Marie Pierre ^a  

^a REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Astrocytic reactivity; EGF receptor; Gliosis; Microglia; Transgene

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXTRACTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0032534983     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-24-10541.1998     Document Type: Article

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