Waking up the sleepers: Shared transcriptional pathways in axonal regeneration and neurogenesis

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 993-1007

  Quadrato, Giorgia ^a   Di Giovanni, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axonal regeneration; CNS repair; Neurogenesis; Neuronal plasticity; Synaptic network; Transcriptional program

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE PCAF; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; PROTEIN P53; SMAD PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFATC4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84875227144     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1099-x     Document Type: Review

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