EGR-1 is regulated by N-methyl-D-aspartate-receptor stimulation and associated with patient survival in human high grade astrocytomas

Brain Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-204

  Mittelbronn, Michel ^a,b   Harter, Patrick ^a   Warth, Arne ^c   Lupescu, Adrian ^a   Schilbach, Karin ^a   Vollmann, Henning ^a   Capper, David ^a   Goeppert, Benjamin ^c   Frei, Karl ^d   Bertalanffy, Helmut ^d   Weller, Michael ^e   Meyermann, Richard ^a   Lang, Florian ^a   Simon, Perikles ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocytomas; EGR 1; NMDA R

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYTOPLASMIC POLYADENYLATION ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOMA; ASTROCYTOMA CELL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PROGNOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 61649085259     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2008.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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