Akt Is a Molecular Target for Signal Transduction Therapy in Brain Ischemic Insult

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Kohji Fukunaga (Συγγραφέας), Takayuki Kawano (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: Elsevier, 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Θέματα: article
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Growth factors including insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) promote cell survival in ischemic brain injury. Stimulation of IGF-1 receptor coupled with tyrosine kinase activates phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and subsequently, protein kinase B (Akt) in hippocampal neurons. Here we introduce a new ap...