Activin and TGF-β effects on brain development and neural stem cells

CNS and Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 844-855

  Rodríguez Martínez, Griselda ^a   Velasco, Iván ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alks; Astrocytes; BMPs; Cerebral cortex; Follistatin; Neurons; Smads

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; ISOPROTEIN; NODAL SIGNALING PROTEIN; PROTEIN NODAL; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROGLIA; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD PROTEINS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84873101917     PISSN: 18715273     EISSN: 19963181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1871527311201070844     Document Type: Review

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