Gene therapy for neurodegenerative diseases may utilize the expression of neurotrophic factors because of their potential to promote survival and regeneration of injured neuronal cells. Increasing numbers of these factors are being considered for gene transfer, but their specificity and efficacy in
Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor promotes survival and induces differentiation through the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway respectively in PC12 cells
✍ Scribed by Z.-Y Chen; Y.-F Chai; L Cao; A.-J Huang; R.-Y Cui; C.-L Lu; C He
- Book ID
- 117490108
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 109 KB
- Volume
- 104
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0306-4522
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