Up-regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor by application of fibroblast growth factor-2 to the cut optic nerve is important for long-term survival of retinal ganglion cells

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 86, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3382-3392

  Blanco, Rosa E ^a,b   Soto, Ileana ^a   Duprey Díaz, Mildred ^a   Blagburn, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Frog; Growth factor; Neurotrophin; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FROG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL SURVIVAL; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OPTIC NERVE; RANA PIPIENS; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 57049146239     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21793     Document Type: Article

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