Increased expression of connective tissue growth factor in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis human spinal cord

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 449-457

  Spliet, Wim G M ^a,b   Aronica, Eleonora ^a   Ramkema, Marja ^a   Aten, Jan ^a   Troost, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Connective tissue growth factor; Glia; Reactive astrocytes; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DATA ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COUNT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SPINAL CORD; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0142124407     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-003-0741-y     Document Type: Article

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