Astrocyte characterization in the multiple sclerosis glial scar

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 434-444

  Holley, J E ^a,c   Gveric, D ^b   Newcombe, J ^b   Cuzner, M L ^b   Gutowski, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Cell and Molecular Biology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Glial scar; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CELL PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NESTIN; TENASCIN; VIMENTIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SCAR FORMATION; TISSUE INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CICATRIX; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0141636589     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2990.2003.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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