Glial fibrillary acidic protein and vimentin expression is regulated by glucocorticoids and neurotrophic factors in primary rat astroglial cultures

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-333

  Avola, Roberto ^a   Di Tullio, Maria Antonietta ^b   Fisichella, Alfredo ^a   Tayebati, Seyed Khosrow ^b   Tomassoni, Daniele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrocyte cultures; Dexamethasone; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Glucocorticoids; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DEXAMETHASONE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH FACTOR; INSULIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ASTROCYTOSIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MACROGLIA; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; DEXAMETHASONE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; RATS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 2542445546     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CEH-120034137     Document Type: Conference Paper

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