Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptors in rat neural stem cells
Neural stem cells serve neurogenesis in several areas of the adult mammalian brain. The present study investigates an additional feature, i.e. the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors in cultured neurospheres from hippocampus, subventricular zone, and olfactory b...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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[2003]
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Neuroscience letters
Year: 2003, Volume: 344, Issue: 3, Pages: 165-168 |
| ISSN: | 1872-7972 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00407-5 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00407-5 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304394003004075 
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| Author Notes: | Martin H. Maurer, Wolf K. C. Tripps, Robert E. Feldmann, Wolfgang Kuschinsky (Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Heidelberg) |
| Summary: | Neural stem cells serve neurogenesis in several areas of the adult mammalian brain. The present study investigates an additional feature, i.e. the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors in cultured neurospheres from hippocampus, subventricular zone, and olfactory bulb in adult rats. RT-PCR showed that all three lines expressed VEGF mRNA, but different sets of VEGF receptor mRNAs. Stimulation by either 50 ng/ml VEGF-A165 or by 24 h of anoxia resulted in an altered pattern of receptor expression for VEGF-R2 (Flk-1), VEGF-R3 (Flt-4), neuropilin-1, and neuropilin-2, whereas VEGF-R1 (Flt-1) remained unexpressed. The basal expression of VEGF and of several of its receptor mRNAs indicates a hitherto unknown angiogenic potential of neural stem cells. |
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| Item Description: | 3 July 2003 Gesehen am 05.05.2021 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1872-7972 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00407-5 |