Astroglial-conditioned media and growth factors modulate proliferation and differentiation of astrocytes in primary culture

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-56

  Bramanti, Vincenzo ^a   Campisi, Agata ^a   Tomassoni, Daniele ^b   Costa, Antonino ^a   Fisichella, Alfredo ^a   Mazzone, Venera ^a   Denaro, Luca ^c   Avitabile, Marcello ^a   Amenta, Francesco ^b   Avola, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrocyte cultures; Astroglial conditioned media; DNA and RNA labeling; Growth factors; Proliferation; Western blot

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; INSULIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RNA; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM; URIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROGLIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; RATS;

EID: 33845864437     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-006-9224-6     Document Type: Article

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