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Chromogranin A-activated microglial cells induce neuronal apoptosis.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Oct 2002
Ulrich Gabrielle, Ciesielski-Treska Jaroslava, Taupenot Laurent, Bader Marie-France
Abstract excerpt
Chromogranin (CgA), a protein upregulated in many neuropathologies, can induce an activated phenotype in microglial cells that leads to neuronal apoptosis. The death-signaling pathways mobilized in neurons involve the death receptor Fas, p38 MAP kinase, and mitochondrial cytochrome c. We propose...
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