The BH4 domain of Bcl-X L rescues astrocyte degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by modulating intracellular calcium signals

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 826-840

  Martorana, Francesca ^a   Brambilla, Liliana ^a   Valori, Chiara F ^b,e   Bergamaschi, Chiara ^a   Roncoroni, Chiara ^b   Aronica, Eleonora ^c   Volterra, Andrea ^d   Bezzi, Paola ^d   Rossi, Daniela ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5; PROTEIN BCL XL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; XESTOSPONGIN C;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL DEATH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIFESPAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BCL-X PROTEIN; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL DEATH; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MUS;

EID: 84856331327     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr513     Document Type: Article

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