Cyclooxygenase-2 is highly expressed in microglial-like cells in a murine model of prion disease

GLIA

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 392-396

  Walsh, Desmond T ^b,c   Perry, V Hugh ^b,d   Minghetti, Luisa ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain macrophages; Inflammation; Neurodegenerative diseases; Prostaglandins immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FREE RADICAL; ISOENZYME; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PRION DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROGLIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRION DISEASES; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 0034652417     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(20000215)29:4<392::AID-GLIA10>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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