Phosphorylation of Akt is involved in protocatechuic acid-induced neurotrophic activity

Neurological Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 901-907

  Xue, Xiao Yan ^a,b   Liao, Min Jing ^b   Lin, Lian Feng ^b   Zhang, Zheng ^b   Zhou, Xiao Wen ^b   Zhou, Xing ^b   Luo, Huan Min ^b,c,d  

^a Ganzhou People's Hospital   (China)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BDNF; Neurotrophic activity; PI3K Akt; Protocatechuic acid

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BRAIN CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTROPHIC ACTIVITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROXYBENZOATES; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEURONS; ONCOGENE PROTEIN V-AKT; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84867906756     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: 17431328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743132812Y.0000000086     Document Type: Article

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