Maternal zinc deficiency impairs brain nestin expression in prenatal and postnatal mice

Cell Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-141

  Wang, Fu Di ^a,b   Bian, Wei ^a   Kong, Ling Wei ^a   Zhao, Fa Ji ^b   Guo, Jun Sheng ^b   Jing, Nai He ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain development; Nestin; Neural stem cells; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NESTIN; ZINC;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; ELEMENTAL DIET; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; STEM CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FOOD, FORMULATED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; STEM CELLS; ZINC;

EID: 0035377684     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cr.7290078     Document Type: Article

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