Ciliary neurotrophic factor induces genes associated with inflammation and gliosis in the retina: A gene profiling study of flow-sorted, müller cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Xue, Wei ^a   Cojocaru, Radu I ^b   Dudley, V Joseph ^a   Brooks, Matthew ^b   Swaroop, Anand ^b   Sarthy, Vijay P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYTOKINE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; ION CHANNEL; CADHERIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL SELECTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLIOSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DISEASE; RNA ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; CADHERINS; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GLIOSIS; INFLAMMATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 79957564943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020326     Document Type: Article

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