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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-6-14
pubmed:abstractText
CNS growth factors protect neurons and glia against a wide variety of insults in vitro and in vivo by mechanisms which include buffering toxic rises in intracellular calcium. Cytosolic calcium elevation also plays a key role in complement injury, but the possibility that growth factors protect against antibody-mediated complement attack has not hitherto been addressed. In multiple sclerosis, antibodies and complement appear to contribute to the selective targeting and damage of oligodendrocytes and myelin. Here we have investigated the possibility that growth factors active in oligodendrocyte development and differentiation might protect these cells against injury mediated by antibody and complement in vitro. None was found to be protective.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0304-3940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
183
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
75-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Growth factors fail to protect rat oligodendrocytes against humoral injury in vitro.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Cambridge Neurology unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro