Effect of pleiotrophin on glutamate-indu
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Hitomi Asai; Shoko Morita; Seiji Miyata
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Pleiotrophin (PTN) is a secreted heparin-binding cytokine that signals diverse functions, including lineage-specific differentiation of glial progenitor cells, axonal outgrowth and angiogenesis. Neurotoxicity mediated by glutamate receptor is thought to play a role in various neurodegenerative disor