Leukemia inhibitory factor augments neurotrophin expression and corticospinal axon growth after adult CNS injury

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3556-3566

  Blesch, A ^a   Uy, H S ^a   Grill, R J ^a   Cheng, J G ^c   Patterson, P H ^c   Tuszynski, M H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticospinal; Gene therapy; Leukemia inhibitory factor; LIF; Neurotrophic factors; Regeneration; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FIBROBLAST; GENE THERAPY; MACROGLIA; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0033135389     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-09-03556.1999     Document Type: Article

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