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ScienceDaily: Growth Factor Stimulates Rapid Extension Of Key Motor Neurons In Brain (746 words) |
 | Science Daily — A growth factor known to be important for the survival of many types of cells stimulates rapid extension of corticospinal motor neurons -- critical brain cells that connect the cerebral cortex with the spinal cord and that die in motor neuron diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease). |
| In order to study growth factor controls over these cells, Macklis and Hande Ozdinler, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in his laboratory, developed a new way of isolating pure populations of CSMN in culture and found that IGF-1 was a prime candidate for control over CSMN development. |
| Studies suggest that psoriatic arthritis is caused by genetic, immunological and environmental factors. |
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Growth factor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (618 words) |
| Growth factor is a protein that acts as a signaling molecule between cells (like cytokines and hormones) that attaches to specific receptors on the surface of a target cell and promotes differentiation and maturation of these cells. |
| The term growth factor is sometimes used interchangeably among scientitsts with the term cytokine. |
| Growth factor signifies a positive effect on cell growth and cellular differentiation, but cytokine is a neutral term in regards to what it is being signalled. |
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