Growth factors and steroid mediated regulation of cytoskeletal protein expression in serum-deprived primary astrocyte cultures

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2593-2600

  Bramanti, Vincenzo ^a   Bronzi, Daniela ^a   Tomassoni, Daniele ^b   Costa, Antonino ^a   Raciti, Giuseppina ^a   Avitabile, Marcello ^a   Amenta, Francesco ^b   Avola, Roberto ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOSTRUCTURES AND BIOSYSTEMS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Cytoskeletal proteins; Growth factors; Steroids

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DEXAMETHASONE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; STEROID; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENSITOMETRY; DRUG MECHANISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DEXAMETHASONE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VIMENTIN;

EID: 56349114822     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-008-9767-9     Document Type: Article

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