Heterogeneity of Astrocytes: From Development to Injury - Single Cell Gene Expression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Rusnakova, Vendula ^a   Honsa, Pavel ^b   Dzamba, David ^b   Ståhlberg, Anders ^c   Kubista, Mikael ^a   Anderova, Miroslava ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; CATION CHANNEL; CELL MARKER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLIA; MICROFLUIDICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; ASTROCYTES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROGLIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOGLYCANS; S100 CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT;

EID: 84881115123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069734     Document Type: Article

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