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Sonic Hedgehog Regulates Ischemia/Hypoxia-Induced Neural Progenitor Proliferation
Author(s) -
John R. Sims,
SaeWon Lee,
Kamil Topalkara,
Jianhua Qiu,
Jian Xu,
Zhipeng Zhou,
Michael A. Moskowitz
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.109.561951
Subject(s) - cyclopamine , sonic hedgehog , progenitor cell , hippocampal formation , hedgehog signaling pathway , microbiology and biotechnology , neural stem cell , hypoxia (environmental) , ischemia , medicine , bromodeoxyuridine , gli1 , endocrinology , biology , stem cell , signal transduction , immunohistochemistry , chemistry , organic chemistry , oxygen
Sonic hedgehog (Shh) protein is required for the maintenance of neural progenitor cells (NPCs) in the embryonic and adult hippocampus. Brain ischemia causes increased proliferation of hippocampal NPCs. We therefore examined whether Shh regulates the increase in proliferation of NPCs after ischemia/hypoxia.

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