Flavonoids induce the synthesis and secretion of neurotrophic factors in cultured rat astrocytes: A signaling response mediated by estrogen receptor

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Xu, Sherry L ^a   Bi, Cathy W C ^a   Choi, Roy C Y ^a   Zhu, Kevin Y ^a   Miernisha, Abudureyimu ^a   Dong, Tina T X ^a   Tsim, Karl W K ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; AURANTIIN; BAICALEIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATECHIN; CHALCONE; DAIDZEIN; EPICATECHIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FISETIN; FLAVANONE; FLAVONOID; FORMONONETIN; GALANGIN; GENISTEIN; GENISTIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HESPERIDIN; HYPERIN; ISOFLAVONE; LUTEOLIN; NARINGENIN; NEOHESPERIDIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PHLORETIN; PUERARIN; SILIBININ; TANGERETIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; WOGONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SCREENING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84880202236     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/127075     Document Type: Article

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