Phenotypically aberrant astrocytes that promote motoneuron damage in a model of inherited amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 44, 2011, Pages 18126-18131

  Díaz Amarilla, Pablo ^a   Olivera Bravo, Silvia ^a   Trias, Emiliano ^a   Cragnolini, Andrea ^b   Martínez Palma, Laura ^c   Cassina, Patricia ^c   Beckman, Joseph ^d,e   Barbeito, Luis ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glial cells; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLYCOPROTEIN NG2; PROTEIN S100B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL EXPANSION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENESCENCE; SPINAL CORD;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RATS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

RATTUS;

EID: 81055145385     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1110689108     Document Type: Article

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