Homocysteine promotes proliferation and activation of microglia

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2069-2079

  Zou, Cheng Gang ^a   Zhao, Yue Shui ^a   Gao, Shun Yu ^a   Li, Shu De ^b   Cao, Xiu Zhen ^a   Zhang, Min ^b   Zhang, Ke Qin ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activation; Homocysteine; Microglia; NAD(P)H oxidases; P38 MAPK; P47phox; Proliferation; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; HOMOCYSTEINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN P47PHOX; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA REPLICATION; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROGLIA; NADPH OXIDASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 78649652220     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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