Amitriptyline induces early growth response-1 gene expression via ERK and JNK mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways in rat C6 glial cells

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 422, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-48

  Chung, Eun Young ^a   Shin, Soon Young ^b   Lee, Young Han ^c  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amitriptyline; Antidepressant; C6 glial cells; Early growth response 1; Mitogen activated protein kinase

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; GALACTOSE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELK 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; GENE INDUCTION; GLIA CELL; GLIOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; SERUM RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CELL LINE; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; ETS-DOMAIN PROTEIN ELK-1; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NEUROGLIA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); UP-REGULATION;

EID: 34447550145     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.05.057     Document Type: Article

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