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Control of axon elongation via an SDF-1alpha/Rho/mDia pathway in cultured cerebellar granule neurons.
The Journal of cell biology - 28 Apr 2003
Arakawa Yoshiki, Bito Haruhiko, Furuyashiki Tomoyuki, Tsuji Takahiro, Takemoto-Kimura Sayaka, Kimura Kazuhiro, Nozaki Kazuhiko, Hashimoto Nobuo, Narumiya Shuh
Abstract excerpt
Rho-GTPase has been implicated in axon outgrowth. However, not all of the critical steps controlled by Rho have been well characterized. Using cultured cerebellar granule neurons, we show here that stromal cell-derived factor (SDF)-1alpha, a neural chemokine, is a physiological ligand that can turn on two distinct Rho-dependent pathways with opposite consequences. A low concentration of the ligand stimulated a...
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