Glial fibrillary acidic protein gene promoter is differently modulated by transforming growth factor-beta 1 in astrocytes from distinct brain regions

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1721-1730

  De Oliveira Sousa, Vivian ^a   Romão, Luciana ^a   Neto, Vivaldo Moura ^a   Gomes, Flávia Carvalho Alcantara ^a  

^a Inst de Ciê Bioméd   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Astrocyte differentiation; Central nervous system development; Glial heterogeneity; Neuron glia interaction; Transforming growth factor beta 1; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GLIA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN GENE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; EMBRYO; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUBULIN;

EID: 1842633524     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03249.x     Document Type: Article

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