Interferon-γ induces proliferation but not apoptosis in murine astrocytes through the differential expression of the myc proto-oncogene family

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 104-110

  Rubio, Nazario ^a   Torres, Concepcion ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Interferon gamma; Myc; Oncogene

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERFERON ANTIBODY; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTES; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, MYC; INTERFERON-GAMMA, RECOMBINANT; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC;

MURINAE;

EID: 0033035725     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(99)00177-1     Document Type: Article

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