Progranulin: A growth factor, a novel TNFR ligand and a drug target

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 124-132

  Liu, Chuan Ju ^a   Bosch, Xavier ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chondrogenesis; Frontotemporal dementia; Progranulin; TNFR; TNF

Indexed keywords

ATSTTRIN; GROWTH FACTOR; LIGAND; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY A23; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROGRANULIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TOCILIZUMAB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CANCER INHIBITION; CARTILAGE CELL; DRUG TARGETING; EPITHELIUM CELL; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; NONHUMAN; PGRN GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE REPAIR; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 83555174804     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: 1879016X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2011.10.003     Document Type: Review

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