Coordinated gene expression of neuroinflammatory and cell signaling markers in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during human brain development and aging

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Primiani, Christopher T ^a   Ryan, Veronica H ^a   Rao, Jagadeesh S ^a   Cam, Margaret C ^b   Ahn, Kwangmi ^c   Modi, Hiren R ^a   Rapoport, Stanley I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT INFLAMMATORY FACTOR 1; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BETA SECRETASE 1; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CD11B ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CX3CR1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FRACTALKINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR TYPE I; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 14; MYELIN; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROMODULIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA ACTIVATED KINASE 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR 6; NERVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; DENDRITIC CELL; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIFESPAN; MICROGLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84908174583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110972     Document Type: Article

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