Identification of a lectin causing the degeneration of neuronal processes using engineered embryonic stem cells

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 712-719

  Plachta, Nicolas ^a   Annaheim, Christine ^a   Bissière, Stephanie ^b   Lin, Shuo ^a   Rüegg, Markus ^a   Hoving, Sjouke ^b   Müller, Dieter ^b   Poirier, Françoise ^c   Bibel, Miriam ^b   Barde, Yves Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GALECTIN 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; LECTIN; PROTEIN P75; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL ELONGATION; CELL LEVEL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; AXOTOMY; CARBAZOLES; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EMBRYO; GALECTIN 1; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INDOLES; LACTOSE; MICE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 34249742539     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1897     Document Type: Article

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