RhoA as a target to promote neuronal survival and axon regeneration

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 525-528

  Hu, Jianli ^a   Selzer, Michael E ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Axon regeneration; C3 transferase; Morpholino; Neuronal survival; RhoA; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR; EXOENZYME C3; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION; APOPTOSIS; AXOTOMY; CELL SURVIVAL; EXCITOTOXICITY; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LAMPREY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NEURITE OUTGROWTH; NEURONAL SURVIVAL; NONHUMAN; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

EID: 85019149028     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.205080     Document Type: Review

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