| Literature DB >> 15306132 |
Seung-Ju Yang1, Jong Eun Lee, Kwan Ho Lee, Jae-Wan Huh, Soo Young Choi, Sung-Woo Cho.
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When intracisternally injected to rat brain, aluminum induced apoptosis as assessed by DNA fragmentation and activation of caspase-3 and caspase-12. Co-administration of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) effectively prevented aluminum-induced cell death through reduced apoptosis whereas brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) accelerated aluminum-induced apoptosis, suggesting that the extent of aluminum neurotoxicity in vivo may depend on the biological activity of the neurotrophic factors.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15306132 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2004.05.016
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res Mol Brain Res ISSN: 0169-328X