Identification of second messengers that induce expression of functional gap junctions in microglia cultured from newborn rats

Brain Research

Volumn 943, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-201

  Martínez, Agustín D ^a   Eugenín, Eliseo A ^a   Brañes, María C ^a   Bennett, Michael V L ^b   Sáez, Juan C ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain macrophage; Calcium; Connexin43; Dye coupling; Protein kinase C

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; 8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; ARGINYLCYSTEINYLASPARAGINYLTHREONYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLPROLYLGLYCYLCYSTEINY LGLUTAMYLASPARAGINYLVALYLCYSTEINYLTYROSINE; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM ION; CALCIUM IONOPHORE; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYTOKINE; DYE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLUTAMYLGLUTAMINYLVALYLPHENYLALANYLPHENYLALANYLLEUCYLPROLYLMETHIONYLGLYCYLG LUTAMYLGLYCYLPROLYLSERYLSERYLPROLINE; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EVOKED RESPONSE; GAP JUNCTION; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SECOND MESSENGER;

8-BROMO CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; CYCLIC GMP; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GAP-43 PROTEIN; GLIOSIS; IONOPHORES; ISOQUINOLINES; MICROGLIA; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0037067793     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)02621-5     Document Type: Article

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