Inflammation marker 7, 8-Dihydroneopterin induces apoptosis of neurons and glial cells: A potential contribution to neurodegenerative processes

Immunobiology

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 460-476

  Speth, Cornelia ^a   Stöckl, Gabriele ^a   Fuchs, Dietmar ^b,c   Wirleitner, Barbara ^b,c   Widner, Bernhard ^b,c   Würzner, Reinhard ^a   Mohsenipour, Iradji ^d   Lass Flörl, Cornelia ^a   Dierich, Manfred P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7,8 DIHYDRONEOPTERIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CD64 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; NEOPTERIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL LINE; CELL SECRETION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0034528154     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0171-2985(00)80104-7     Document Type: Article

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