Effects of microenvironment on morphology and function of the microglial cell line BV-2

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1209-1216

  Laurenzi, Maria Assunta ^a   Arcuri, Cataldo ^a   Rossi, Ruggero ^a   Marconi, Pierfrancesco ^a   Bocchini, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BV 2 cell line; GM CSF; IL 6; Microglia plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; SUBSTANCE P;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOPLASM; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; INTERLEUKIN-3; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICROGLIA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RECEPTORS, LDL; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035715822     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013911205494     Document Type: Article

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