Neutral amino acid transporter ASCT1 is preferentially expressed in L-Ser-synthetic/storing glial cells in the mouse brain with transient expression in developing capillaries

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 550-560

  Sakai, Kazuhisa ^a,b   Shimizu, Hidemi ^a   Koike, Tatsuro ^b   Furuya, Shigeki ^c   Watanabe, Masahiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL RESEARCH   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Amino acid transporter; ASCT1; Astrocyte; Blood brain barrier; Brain; Capillary; L Ser

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; CYSTEINE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SERINE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN TISSUE; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; CELL SURVIVAL; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; GLIA CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0037439780     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-02-00550.2003     Document Type: Article

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