Beta nerve growth factor

Shelton, D. L. and Reichardt, L. F., Studies on the expression of the beta nerve growth factor (NGF) gene in the central nervous system level and regional distribution of NGF mRNA suggest that NGF functions as a trophic factor for several distinct populations of neurons, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.SA., 83, 2714, 1986. 

Gonzalez, D., Dees, W.L., Hiney, J.K., Ojeda, S.R. and Saneto, R.P. (1990) Expression of beta-nerve growth factor in cultured cells derived from the hypothalamus and cerebral cortex. Brain Res. 511 249-258. 

Shelton, D.L. and Reichardt, L.F. (1986b) Studies on the regulation of beta-nerve growth factor gene expression in the rat iris the level of mRNA-encoding nerve growth factor is increased in irises placed in explant cultures in vitro, but not in irises deprived of sensory or sympathetic innervation in vitro. J. Cell Biol. 102 1940-1948. 

Whittemore, S.R. and Seiger, A. (1987) The expression, localization and functional significance of beta-nerve growth factor in the central nervous system. Brain Res. 434 439-464. 

Saez ET, Pehar M, Vargas MR, Barbeito L, Maccioni RB (2006) Production of nerve growth factor by beta-amyloid-stimulated astrocytes induces p75NTR-dependent tau hyperphosphorylation in cultured hippocampal neurons. J Neurosci Res 84 1098-1106 Sala C, Roussignol G, Meldolesi J, Fagni L (2005) Key role of the postsynaptic density scaffold proteins Shank and Homer in the functional architecture of Ca homeostasis at dendritic spines in hippocampal neurons. J Neurosci 25 4587 592 Santello M, Volterra A (2008) Synaptic modulation by astrocytes via Ca(2-l-)-dependent glutamate release. Neuroscience 158 253-9... 

Strijbos P. J. and Rothwell N. J. (1995). Interleukin-1 beta attenuates excitatory amino acid-induced neurodegeneration in vitro involvement of nerve growth factor. J. Neurosci. 15 3468-3474. 

Goss J. R., Styren S. D., Miller P. D., et al. (1995) Hypothermia attenuates the normal increase in interleukin 1 beta RNA and nerve growth factor following traumatic brain injury in the rat. J. Neurotrauma 12, 159-167. 

Biemacki K, Antel JP, Blain M, Narayanan S, Arnold DL, Prat A (2005) Interferon beta promotes nerve growth factor secretion early in the course of multiple sclerosis. Arch Neurol 62 563-568. 

Boutros T, Croze E, Yong VW (1997) Interferon-beta is a potent promoter of nerve growth factor production by astrocytes. J Neu-rochem 69 939-946. 

Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) and Nerve Growth Factor (Beta Polypeptide) (NGF) Genes... 

Levran O, Peles E, Hamon S, Randesi M, Zhao C, Zhang B, Adelson M, Kreek MJ (2012) Nerve growth factor beta polypeptide (NGFB) genetic variability association with the methadone dose required for effective maintenance treatment. Pharmacogenomics J 12 319-327... 

Toso, R.D., De Bemardi, M.A., Brooker, G.. Costa, E. and Mocchetti, I. (1988) Beta-adrenergic and prostaglandin receptor activation increases nerve growth factor mRNA content in C6-2B rat astrocytoma cells. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 246 1190-1193. 

Follesa, P. and Mocchetti, 1. (1993) Regulation of basic fibroblast growth factor and nerve growth factor messenger RNA by beta-adrenergic receptor activation and adrenal steroids in rat central nervous system. Mol. Pharmacol. 43 132-138. 

Schwartz, J.P. and Mishler, K. (1990) Beta-adrenergic receptor regulation, through cyclic AMP, of nerve growth factor expression in the rat cortical and cerebellar astrocytes. Cell. Mol. Neurobiol. 10 447-457. 

Schwartz. J. R, Chuang, D. M., and Costa, E. (1977). Increase in nerve growth factor conteiil of C6 glioma cells by the activation of a beta-adrenergic receptor. Brain Res. 137,369-37.5. 

Steiner P, Pfeilschifter J, Boeckh C, et al. (1991). Interleukin-1 beta and tumor necrosis factor-alpha synergistically stimulate nerve growth factor synthesis in rat mesangial cells. Amer. J. Physiol. 261 F792-798. 

Safieh-Garabedian B, Poole S, Allchorne A, et al. (1995). Contribution of interleukin-1 beta to the inflammation-induced increase in nerve growth factor levels and inflammatory hyperalgesia. British J. Pharmacol. 115 1265-1275. 

Mobley WC, Nerve RL, Pmsiner SB, McKinley MP (1988) Nerve growth factor increases mRNA levels for the prion protein and the beta-amyloid protein precursor in developing hamster brain. Proc Natl Acad Sd USA 85 9811-9815... 

Zhu J, Mix E, Olsson T, Link H (1994) Cellular messenger-Rna expression of interferon-gamma, 11-4 and transforming growth-factor-beta (Tgf-Beta) by rat mononuclear-cells stimulated with peripheral-nerve myelin antigens in experimental allergic neuritis. Clin Exp Immunol 98 306—312. 

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