Role of Wnt1 and Fzd1 in the spinal cord pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-transgenic mice

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1199-1207

  Wang, Shanshan ^a   Guan, Yingjun ^a   Chen, Yanchun ^a   Li, Xiaojin ^a   Zhang, Caixia ^a   Yu, Li ^a   Zhou, Fenghua ^a   Wang, Xin ^b  

^a WEIFANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Fzd1; SOD1; Wnt signaling pathway; Wnt1

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FZD1; SOD1; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAYS; WNT1;

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS;

MAMMALS;

FRIZZLED PROTEIN; FZD1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; WNT1 PROTEIN; WNT1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SPINAL CORD; WNT1 PROTEIN;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84879840674     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1199-1     Document Type: Article

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