Vascular endothelial growth factor induces chemotaxis and proliferation of microglial cells

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 93-98

  Forstreuter, Frauke ^a   Lucius, Ralph ^a   Mentlein, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Growth factor; Microglial cells; Proliferation; Receptors; Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)

Indexed keywords

DNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; THYMIDINE; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CHEMOTAXIS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LYMPHOKINES; MICROGLIA; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0036849437     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(02)00315-6     Document Type: Article

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