Epidermal growth factor down-regulates connexin-43 expression in cultured rat cortical astrocytes

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 313, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 53-56

  Ueki, Takatoshi ^a,b   Fujita, Masataka ^a   Sato, Kohji ^b   Asai, Kiyofumi ^a   Yamada, Kazuo ^a   Kato, Taiji ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Cerebral cortex; Connexin 43; Epidermal growth factor; Mitogen activated protein kinase; Rat; The PD98059 MEK inhibitor

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONNEXIN 43; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0035798255     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02249-2     Document Type: Article

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