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Transforming growth factor alpha expression as a response of murine motor neurons to axonal injury and mutation-induced degeneration.
Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology - 1 May 1997
Lisovoski F, Blot S, Lacombe C, Bellier J P, Dreyfus P A, Junier M P
Abstract excerpt
We previously showed that degenerating adult motor neurons of the murine mutant wobbler, a model of spinal muscular atrophy, express Transforming Growth Factor alpha (TGF alpha), a growth factor endowed with glio- and neurotrophic activities. Here, we evaluated whether TGF alpha expression is a general response of adult motor neurons to injury. Synthesis of its precursor (pro-TGF alpha) was investigated in...
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