Expression of tranferrin receptors in the pineal gland of postnatal and adult rats and its alteration in hypoxia and melatonin treatment

GLIA

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-273

  Kaur, C ^a   Sivakumar, V ^a   Ling, E A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Iron; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Transferrin receptors

Indexed keywords

CD71 ANTIGEN; IRON; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IRON TRANSPORT; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; IRON; IRON METABOLISM DISORDERS; MELATONIN; MICROGLIA; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33846879581     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.20452     Document Type: Article

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