Different protective roles in vitro of α- and β-domains of growth inhibitory factor (GIF) on neuron injuries caused by oxygen free radicals

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1568, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-134

  Ren, Hongwei ^a   Ji, Qingzhou ^a   Liu, Ying ^a   Ru, Binggen ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Domain; Free radical; Growth inhibitory factor; Neuron

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; FREE RADICAL; GROWTH INHIBITOR; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXYGEN RADICAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RAT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PC12 CELLS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS;

EID: 0035814479     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(01)00208-2     Document Type: Article

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