TGF-β1 expression is reduced in hydrocephalic H-Tx rat brain

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Supplement

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-38

  Cai, X ^a,d   Pattisapu, J V ^a   Tarnuzzer, R W ^a,b   Fernandez Valle, Christina ^c   Gibson, Jane S ^a  

^a Health Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d ORLANDO HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; H Tx rat; Hydrocephalus; RT PCR; Transforming growth factor 1 (TGF 1)

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; HYDROCEPHALUS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RAT STRAIN;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYDROCEPHALUS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0033377519     PISSN: 09396764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1072312     Document Type: Conference Paper

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