Overexpression of HGF retards disease progression and prolongs life span in a transgenic mouse model of ALS

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 6537-6548

  Sun, Woong ^a,b   Funakoshi, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Toshikazu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; C Met; Caspase 1; EAAT2; HGF; Motoneuron

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SCATTER FACTOR;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME INDUCTION; LIFESPAN; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0036703771     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-15-06537.2002     Document Type: Article

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