Wnts are expressed in the spinal cord of adult mice and are differentially induced after injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 565-581

  González Fernández, Carlos ^a   Fernández Martos, Carmen María ^a,b   Shields, Shannon D ^a,c   Arenas, Ernest ^d   Javier Rodríguez, Francisco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE PARAPLÉJICOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adult; mouse; spinal cord injury; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; FRIZZLED 1 PROTEIN; FRIZZLED 4 PROTEIN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT INHIBITORY FACTOR 1; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; FEMALE; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UP-REGULATION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84896344987     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2013.3067     Document Type: Article

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