Cytokine upregulation in a murine model of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 172-178

  Elliott, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Glia; Interleukin; Superoxide dismutase; TGF ; TNF

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CANCER GROWTH FACTOR; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; MICROGLIA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUTATION; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD; SPLEEN CELL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0035500386     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(01)00242-X     Document Type: Article

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