Among the chemokine family, fractalkine shows unusual properties: it exists as a membrane-bound and soluble protein, and both fractalkine and its receptor CX 3 CR1 are expressed predominantly in the central nervous system. In rat cell culture models, the chemokine fractalkine was expressed in neuron
Methamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity and microglial activation are not mediated by fractalkine receptor signaling
β Scribed by David M. Thomas; Dina M. Francescutti-Verbeem; Donald M. Kuhn
- Book ID
- 111180904
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 626 KB
- Volume
- 106
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3042
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