Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and its receptor (GFR-α1) are strongly expressed in human gliomas

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-137

  Wiesenhofer, Bettina ^a   Stockhammer, Günther ^a   Kostron, Herwig ^a   Maier, Hans ^a   Hinterhuber, Hartmann ^a   Humpel, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Glial cell line derived neurotrophic factor; Glioma; Growth factors

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; GLIOSARCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033952634     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00007416     Document Type: Article

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