Effect of growth factors on DNA labeling and cytoskeletal protein expression in 17-β-estradiol and basic fibroblast growth factor pre-treated astrocyte cultures

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 753-767

  Avola, Roberto ^a   Cormaci, Gianfrancesco ^a   Mazzone, Venera ^a   Denaro, Luca ^b   Mignini, Fiorenzo ^c   Tomassoni, Daniele ^c   Zaccheo, Damiano ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Astroglial cell cultures; Differentiation; DNA labeling; GFAP; Growth factors; Proliferation; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CYCLIN D1; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; INSULIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ASTROCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA; HYPERPLASIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036814785     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CEH-120015350     Document Type: Conference Paper

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