Identification of Gas6 as a growth factor for human Schwann cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2012-2019

  Li, Rong Hao ^a   Chen, Jian ^a   Hammonds, Glenn ^a   Phillips, Heidi ^a   Armanini, Mark ^a   Wood, Patrick ^b   Bunge, Richard ^b   Godowski, Paul J ^a   Sliwkowski, Mark X ^a   Mather, Jennie P ^a  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Axl; Gas6; heregulin; human Schwann cells; mitogen; Rse; serum free medium

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FORSKOLIN; GAS 6; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGENIC AGENT; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEURITE PROMOTING FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN S 100; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RECOMBINANT NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; RECOMBINANT TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; THYMIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 9344261751     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-06-02012.1996     Document Type: Article

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