Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor
"Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A neurotrophic factor that promotes the survival of various neuronal cell types and may play an important role in the injury response in the nervous system.
| Descriptor ID |
D020934
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.860.212 D12.776.467.860.212 D12.776.631.600.212 D23.529.850.212
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| Concept/Terms |
Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor- Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor
- Factor, Ciliary Neurotrophic
- Neurotrophic Factor, Ciliary
- CNTF
- Ciliary Neuronotrophic Factor
- Factor, Ciliary Neuronotrophic
- Neuronotrophic Factor, Ciliary
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor" by people in Profiles.
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Sodium Benzoate, a Metabolite of Cinnamon and a Food Additive, Upregulates Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor in Astrocytes and Oligodendrocytes. Neurochem Res. 2015 Nov; 40(11):2333-47.
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Up-regulation of ciliary neurotrophic factor in astrocytes by aspirin: implications for remyelination in multiple sclerosis. J Biol Chem. 2013 Jun 21; 288(25):18533-45.
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Gene therapy for Huntington's disease. Neurobiol Dis. 2012 Nov; 48(2):243-54.
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Human neural stem cell transplants improve motor function in a rat model of Huntington's disease. J Comp Neurol. 2004 Jul 19; 475(2):211-9.
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GFAP knockout mice have increased levels of GDNF that protect striatal neurons from metabolic and excitotoxic insults. J Comp Neurol. 2003 Jun 30; 461(3):307-16.