Sympathetic neurons synthesize and secrete pro-nerve growth factor protein

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-53

  Hasan, Wohaib ^a   Pedchenko, Tetyana ^a   Krizsan Agbas, Dora ^a   Baum, Laura ^a   Smith, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocrine growth factor; Development; Nerve growth factor; Neuronal survival; Sympathetic neurons

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; PRO NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GANGLION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; METABOLIC REGULATION; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AXOTOMY; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION;

EID: 0042886033     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10250     Document Type: Article

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