GDNF stimulates the proliferation of cultured mouse immature Sertoli cells via its receptor subunit NCAM and ERK1/2 signaling pathway

BMC Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Yang, Yongguang ^a,b   Han, Chunsheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; CLUSTERIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR ALPHA1; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN RET; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIBODY; FLAVONOID; GFRA1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RET PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CLUSTERIN; FLAVONOIDS; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTORS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SERTOLI CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77957911277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-11-78     Document Type: Article

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