Evidence for the role of PI3-kinase-AKT-eNOS signalling pathway in secondary inflammatory process after spinal cord compression injury in mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1411-1420

  Paterniti, Irene ^a,b   Esposito, Emanuela ^a,b   Mazzon, Emanuela ^a   Bramanti, Placido ^a   Cuzzocrea, Salvatore ^a,b  

^a IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Inflammation; Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FAS LIGAND; MYELOPEROXIDASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CHROMONES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICE; MORPHOLINES; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 79954454008     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07646.x     Document Type: Article

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