S-100β protein is upregulated in astrocytes and motor neurons in the spinal cord of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 25-28

  Migheli, Antonio ^a   Cordera, Susanna ^a   Bendotti, Caterina ^b   Atzori, Cristiana ^a   Piva, Roberto ^a   Schiffer, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Apoptosis; Glia; Immunohistochemistry; Oxidative stress; S 100

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; S 100 CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; S-100 CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPSY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTES; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; S100 PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0033547879     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)01001-5     Document Type: Article

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