Progranulin is expressed within motor neurons and promotes neuronal cell survival

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages 130-

  Ryan, Cara L ^a   Baranowski, David C ^a,d   Chitramuthu, Babykumari P ^a,d   Malik, Suneil ^a   Li, Zhi ^a   Cao, Mingju ^a   Minotti, Sandra ^b   Durham, Heather D ^b   Kay, Denis G ^d   Shaw, Christopher A ^c   Bennett, Hugh P J ^a   Bateman, Andrew ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALRETICULIN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CYTOCHROME C; PROGRANULIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; TAR DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOMIC IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GOLGI APPARATUS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR NEURONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 70749120467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-10-130     Document Type: Article

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