Characterization of a Schwann cell neurite‐promoting activity that directs motoneuron axon outgrowth

A Rapid and Sensitive Method for the Quantitation of Microgram Quantities of Protein Utilizing the Principle of Protein-Dye Binding

1976 • 225,752 citations

A rapid and sensitive method for the quantitation of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding

1976 • 200,127 citations

A series of normal stages in the development of the chick embryo

1951 • 12,226 citations

Trophic factors and neuronal survival

1989 • 1,631 citations

Identification and characterization of a novel member of the nerve growth factor/brain-derived neurotrophic factor family

1990 • 1,140 citations

Nucleotide Sequence of a Bovine Clone Encoding the Angiogenic Protein, Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor

1986 • 1,032 citations

Interleukin-1 regulates synthesis of nerve growth factor in non-neuronal cells of rat sciatic nerve

1987 • 1,000 citations

Neurotrophin-5: A novel neurotrophic factor that activates trk and trkB

1991 • 847 citations

Ciliary neurotrophic factor prevents the degeneration of motor neurons after axotomy

1990 • 840 citations

Evolutionary studies of the nerve growth factor family reveal a novel member abundantly expressed in xenopus ovary

1991 • 836 citations

Human Endothelial Cells: Use of Heparin in Cloning and Long-Term Serial Cultivation

1983 • 801 citations

Enhanced synthesis of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the lesioned peripheral nerve: different mechanisms are responsible for the regulation of BDNF and NGF mRNA.

1992 • 719 citations

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor prevents the death of motoneurons in newborn rats after nerve section

1992 • 712 citations

Differential regulation of mRNA encoding nerve growth factor and its receptor in rat sciatic nerve during development, degeneration, and regeneration: role of macrophages.

1987 • 711 citations

Chemotropic guidance of developing axons in the mammalian central nervous system

1988 • 681 citations

Human Endothelial Cell Growth Factor: Cloning, Nucleotide Sequence, and Chromosome Localization

1986 • 679 citations

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor rescues spinal motor neurons from axotomy-induced cell death

1992 • 668 citations

Molecular cloning, expression and regional distribution of rat ciliary neurotrophic factor

1989 • 624 citations

Survival effect of ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) on chick embryonic motoneurons in culture: comparison with other neurotrophic factors and cytokines

1990 • 591 citations

The Cholinergic Neuronal Differentiation Factor from Heart Cells Is Identical to Leukemia Inhibitory Factor

1989 • 557 citations

Primary structure and biological activity of a novel human neurotrophic factor

1990 • 553 citations

Astroglial and fibroblast growth factors have neurotrophic functions for cultured peripheral and central nervous system neurons.

1987 • 495 citations

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor rescues developing avian motoneurons from cell death

1992 • 458 citations

Control of Embryonic Motoneuron Survival in Vivo by Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor

1991 • 448 citations

Purification, Cloning, and Expression of Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor (CNTF)

1989 • 429 citations

Essential role of the nerve growth factor in the survival and maintenance of dissociated sensory and sympathetic embryonic nerve cells in vitro

1963 • 417 citations

Cholinergic Neuronotrophic Factors: Intraocular Distribution of Trophic Activity for Ciliary Neurons

1979 • 414 citations

Influences of peripheral nerve grafts on the survival and regrowth of axotomized retinal ganglion cells in adult rats

1988 • 402 citations

The neurotrophic theory and naturally occurring motoneuron death

1989 • 397 citations

Earliest sensory nerve fibres are guided to peripheral targets by attractants other than nerve growth factor

1983 • 356 citations

Acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors promote stable neurite outgrowth and neuronal differentiation in cultures of PC12 cells

1987 • 353 citations

Ciliary neurotrophic factor induces cholinergic differentiation of rat sympathetic neurons in culture.

1989 • 347 citations

Regional distribution, developmental changes, and cellular localization of CNTF-mRNA and protein in the rat brain.

1991 • 346 citations

Expression and possible function of nerve growth factor receptors on Schwann cells

1988 • 304 citations

Proliferation and differentiation of embryonic chick sympathetic neurons: Effects of ciliary neurotrophic factor

1989 • 297 citations

Developmental biology of a neural cell adhesion molecule

1984 • 271 citations

Purification of adult rat sciatic nerve ciliary neuronotrophic factor

1986 • 253 citations

Basic FGF induces neuronal differentiation, cell division, and NGF dependence in chromaffin cells: A sequence of events in sympathetic development

1988 • 252 citations

Cholinergic differentiation factor (CDF/LIF) promotes survival of isolated rat embryonic motoneurons in vitro

1992 • 246 citations

Orientation of commissural axons in vitro in response to a floor plate-derived chemoattractant

1990 • 227 citations

Neurite-promoting factors and extracellular matrix components accumulating in vivo within nerve regeneration chambers

1984 • 223 citations

Distinct roles for adhesion molecules during innervation of embryonic chick muscle

1988 • 219 citations

Reduction of Naturally Occurring Motoneuron Death in Vivo by a Target-Derived Neurotrophic Factor

1988 • 213 citations

Purification and partial characterization of a cholinergic neuronal differentiation factor.

1985 • 211 citations

Heparin potentiates the action of acidic fibroblast growth factor by prolonging its biological half‐life

1989 • 181 citations

Rat astrocytes and Schwann cells in culture synthesize nerve growth factor-like neurite-promoting factors

1987 • 165 citations

Heparin modulation of the neurotropic effects of acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors and nerve growth factor on PC12 cells

1987 • 163 citations

Acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors in the nervous system: distribution and differential alteration of levels after injury of central versus peripheral nerve

1991 • 161 citations

The regulation of intramuscular nerve branching during normal development and following activity blockade

1988 • 158 citations

Specificity of early motoneuron growth cone outgrowth in the chick embryo

1985 • 153 citations

An angiogenic growth factor is expressed in human glioma cells.

1987 • 152 citations

Extracts of Skeletal Muscle Increase Neurite Outgrowth and Cholinergic Activity of Fetal Rat Spinal Motor Neurons

1983 • 134 citations

Differentiation inhibiting activity () and mouse development

1992 • 121 citations

Separation and partial characterization of neuropeptide-inducing factors in heart cell conditioned medium

1990 • 117 citations

Nervous System Regeneration

1984 • 115 citations

Survival in vitro of motoneurons identified or purified by novel antibodybased methods is selectively enhanced by muscle-derived factors

1991 • 99 citations

Chapter 15 Brain derived neurotrophic factor

1987 • 94 citations

Rescue of motoneurons from cell death by a purified skeletal muscle polypeptide: Effects of the ChAT development factor, CDF

1990 • 83 citations

Localization of cholinergic differentiation factor/leukemia inhibitory factor mRNA in the rat brain and peripheral tissues.

1991 • 83 citations

A potential for axonal regeneration in neurons of the adult mammalian nervous system.

1983 • 64 citations

The influence of presumptive limb connective tissue on motoneuron axon guidance

1991 • 62 citations

Development and survival of thoracic motoneurons and hindlimb musculature following transplantation of the thoracic neural tube to the lumbar region in the chick embryo: Anatomical aspects

1990 • 56 citations

A neurite outgrowth-promoting molecule in developing fiber tracts

1988 • 55 citations

Axon guidance in muscleless chick wings: the role of muscle cells in motoneuronal pathway selection and muscle nerve formation

1990 • 55 citations

Isolation of activated adult schwann cells and a spontaneously immortal schwann cell clone

1992 • 53 citations

Regulation of putative muscle-derived neurotrophic factors by muscle activity and innervation: in vivo and in vitro studies

1991 • 50 citations

Neurite-promoting activities for embryonic spinal neurons and their developmental changes in the chick

1984 • 49 citations

Development and survival of thoracic motoneurons and hindlimb musculature following transplantation of the thoracic neural tube to the lumbar region in the chick embryo: Functional aspects

1990 • 32 citations

Schwann cell‐neuronal interactions in the rat involve nerve growth factor

1990 • 25 citations

Reversible dissociation of a bovine cardiac factor that supports survival of avian ciliary ganglionic neurones

1982 • 22 citations

Biological activity of a new neuronal growth factor from injured peripheral nerve

1989 • 16 citations