Astrocyte-targeted expression of interleukin-3 and interferon-α causes region-specific changes in metallothionein expression in the brain

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 334-346

  Giralt, Mercedes ^a   Carrasco, Javier ^a   Penkowa, Milena ^b   Angel Morcillo, Miguel ^c   Santamaría, Jesús ^c   Campbell, Iain L ^d   Hidalgo, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c CIEMAT   (Spain)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CYTOKINE; GROWTH INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 3; ISOPROTEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN;

AICARDI GOUTIERES SYNDROME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THALAMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0035075017     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.2000.7601     Document Type: Article

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