Inhibition of N-cadherin and β-catenin function reduces axon-induced schwann cell proliferation

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 797-812

  Gess, Burkhard ^a   Halfter, Hartmut ^a   Kleffner, Ilka ^a   Monje, Paula ^b   Athauda, Gagani ^b   Wood, Patrick M ^b   Young, Peter ^a   Wanner, Ina B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

catenin; DRG; N cadherin; Proliferation; RNAi; Schwann cell

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MONOCULTURE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AXONS; BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; NEUREGULIN-1; RATS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SCHWANN CELLS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 40549132247     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21528     Document Type: Article

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