Published in J Neurochem on June 01, 2005
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Wnt-3a utilizes a novel low dose and rapid pathway that does not require casein kinase 1-mediated phosphorylation of Dvl to activate beta-catenin. Cell Signal (2006) 1.26
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Neutrophil primary granule proteins HBP and HNP1-3 boost bacterial phagocytosis by human and murine macrophages. J Clin Invest (2008) 1.25
Purified Wnt-5a increases differentiation of midbrain dopaminergic cells and dishevelled phosphorylation. J Neurochem (2005) 1.24
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The extracellular domain of Lrp5/6 inhibits noncanonical Wnt signaling in vivo. Mol Biol Cell (2008) 1.23
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An efficient method for the derivation of mouse embryonic stem cells. Stem Cells (2005) 1.20
Assessment of production conditions for efficient use of Escherichia coli in high-yield heterologous recombinant selenoprotein synthesis. Appl Environ Microbiol (2004) 1.18
The participation of galanin in pain processing at the spinal level. Trends Pharmacol Sci (2002) 1.18
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Maturation of the hypothalamic arcuate agouti-related protein system during postnatal development in the mouse. Brain Res Dev Brain Res (2005) 1.18
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Chemical neuroanatomy of the dorsal raphe nucleus and adjacent structures of the mouse brain. J Comp Neurol (2010) 1.15
Neural progenitor cells engineered to secrete GDNF show enhanced survival, neuronal differentiation and improve cognitive function following traumatic brain injury. Eur J Neurosci (2006) 1.14
Wnt5a regulates ventral midbrain morphogenesis and the development of A9-A10 dopaminergic cells in vivo. PLoS One (2008) 1.14
Imaging of disease dynamics during meningococcal sepsis. PLoS One (2007) 1.14
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Ventral midbrain glia express region-specific transcription factors and regulate dopaminergic neurogenesis through Wnt-5a secretion. Mol Cell Neurosci (2005) 1.09
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Brain endogenous liver X receptor ligands selectively promote midbrain neurogenesis. Nat Chem Biol (2012) 1.09
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Peripheral axotomy induces only very limited sprouting of coarse myelinated afferents into inner lamina II of rat spinal cord. Eur J Neurosci (2002) 1.07
Leukotriene B4/antimicrobial peptide LL-37 proinflammatory circuits are mediated by BLT1 and FPR2/ALX and are counterregulated by lipoxin A4 and resolvin E1. FASEB J (2011) 1.07
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