Effect of ammonia on ciliary neurotrophic factor mRNA and protein expression and its upstream signalling pathway in cultured rat astroglial cells: Possible implication of c-fos, Sp1 and p38MAPK

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 420-430

  Bodega, G ^a   Suarez I ^a   Almonacid, L ^b   Ciordia, S ^b   Beloso, A ^b   Lopez Fernandez L A ^c   Zaballos, A ^b   Fernandez B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

2D electrophoresis; Ciliary neurotrophic factor; Hepatic encephalopathy; Hyperammonemia; SELDI TOF

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PROTEIN C FOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE ENHANCED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 34447124453     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2007.00831.x     Document Type: Article

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