Artemin: Basic science and clinical implication

Reviews in Analgesia

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-32

  Park, Seyeon ^a  

^a Dongduk Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artemin; Neurite growth; Receptor; Systemic treatment

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; 2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; 2,3 DIHYDRO 2 OXO 3 (4,5,6,7 TETRAHYDRO 1H INDOL 2 YLMETHYLENE) 1H INDOLE 5 SULFONIC ACID DIMETHYLAMIDE; ACTIN; ARTEMIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; COFILIN; DYNAMIN; GABAPENTIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NEURTURIN; OPIATE; PERSEPHIN; PROTEIN RET; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

CELL SURVIVAL; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ESOPHAGUS; GENETIC REGULATION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; MUELLER CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMNOLENCE; SPINAL NERVE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 40949106814     PISSN: 1542961X     EISSN: 15553876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/154296108783994031     Document Type: Review

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