Bystin as a novel marker for reactive astrocytes in the adult rat brain following injury

• Published in: The European journal of neuroscience Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 873 - 884
• Main Authors: Sheng, Jiansong, Yang, Shuo, Xu, Lei, Wu, Chunhua, Wu, Xuefei, Li, Aiqun, Yu, Yi, Ni, Hengjian, Fukuda, Michiko, Zhou, Jiawei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.08.2004
• Subjects: Animals; Astrocytes - chemistry; Astrocytes - metabolism; Astrocytes - pathology; Biomarkers - analysis; Brain Injuries - chemically induced; Brain Injuries - metabolism; Brain Injuries - pathology; Cell Adhesion Molecules - analysis; Cell Adhesion Molecules - biosynthesis; Cell Adhesion Molecules - genetics; Cell Differentiation; Cells, Cultured; Cerebral Cortex - chemistry; Cerebral Cortex - metabolism; Cerebral Cortex - pathology; Cloning, Molecular; cytokine; Female; inflammation; Molecular Sequence Data; Oxidopamine; Pregnancy; rat; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; reactive astrocytes; substantia nigra

Bystin has been identified as a protein which mediates cellular interactions between trophoblastic and endometrial epithelial cells by forming complexes with two partners, trophinin and tastin, during embryo implantation. However, the presence of bystin in the central nervous system has not been dem...