Expression of CNTF/LIF-receptor components and activation of STAT3 signaling in axotomized facial motoneurons: Evidence for a sequential postlesional function of the cytokines

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 559-571

  Haas, Carola A ^a   Hofmann, Hans Dieter ^a   Kirsch, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciliary neurotrophic factor; Leukemia inhibitory factor; Motoneuron; Regeneration; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FACIAL NERVE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH INHIBITORS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RECEPTORS, CYTOKINE; RECEPTORS, OSM-LIF; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032758768     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199912)41:4<559::AID-NEU11>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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