Caspase-1 and -3 mRNAs are differentially upregulated in motor neurons and glial cells in mutant SOD1 transgenic mouse spinal cord: A study using laser microdissection and real-time RT-PCR

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 839-846

  Ando, Yoshio ^a   Liang, Yideng ^a   Ishigaki, Shinsuke ^a   Niwa, Jun ichi ^a   Jiang, Yuemei ^a   Kobayashi, Yasushi ^a   Yamamoto, Masahiko ^a   Doyu, Manabu ^a   Sobue, Gen ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Caspase; Laser microdissection; Single glial cells; Single motor neurons

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MICRODISSECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; CASPASE 1; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0037409741     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023258923002     Document Type: Article

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