Temporal, differential and regional expression of mRNA for basic fibroblast growth factor in the developing and adult rat brain

Isolation of biologically active ribonucleic acid from sources enriched in ribonuclease

1979 • 22,482 citations

Synergistic induction of mesoderm by FGF and TGF-β and the identification of an mRNA coding for FGF in the early xenopus embryo

1987 • 883 citations

Fibroblast growth factor promotes survival of dissociated hippocampal neurons and enhances neurite extension.

1986 • 741 citations

Basic fibroblast growth factor supports the survival of cerebral cortical neurons in primary culture.

1986 • 696 citations

Purification and Complementary DNA Cloning of a Receptor for Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor

1989 • 660 citations

Cloning and expression of two distinct high-affinity receptors cross-reacting with acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors.

1990 • 635 citations

Basic fibroblast growth factor prevents death of lesioned cholinergic neurons in vivo

1988 • 599 citations

Distribution of basic fibroblast growth factor in the 18-day rat fetus: localization in the basement membranes of diverse tissues.

1990 • 533 citations

Purification of the fibroblast growth factor activity from bovine brain.

1978 • 498 citations

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

1987 • 495 citations

AIDS-Kaposi's Sarcoma-Derived Cells Express Cytokines with Autocrine and Paracrine Growth Effects

1989 • 476 citations

High molecular mass forms of basic fibroblast growth factor are initiated by alternative CUG codons.

1989 • 469 citations

In vitro neurite extension by granule neurons is dependent upon astroglial-derived fibroblast growth factor

1988 • 408 citations

Increased basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) immunoreactivity at the site of focal brain wounds

1988 • 382 citations

The Presence of Fibroblast Growth Factor in the Frog Egg: Its Role as a Natural Mesoderm Inducer

1988 • 367 citations

Developmental regulation of the rat insulin-like growth factor I receptor gene.

1989 • 338 citations

Isolation of cDNAs encoding four mouse FGF family members and characterization of their expression patterns during embryogenesis

1990 • 266 citations

Purification and characterization of heparin-binding endothelial cell growth factors.

1986 • 263 citations

Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) in the Central Nervous System: Identification of Specific Loci of Basic FGF Expression in the Rat Brain

1989 • 233 citations

Two forms of the basic fibroblast growth factor receptor-like mRNA are expressed in the developing mouse brain.

1990 • 228 citations

Multiple influences of a heparin-binding growth factor on neuronal development.

1987 • 212 citations

Complementary DNA cloning and sequencing of rat ovarian basic fibroblast growth factor and tissue distribution study of its mRNA

1988 • 210 citations

Novel tyrosine kinase identified by phosphotyrosine antibody screening of cDNA libraries.

1988 • 193 citations

Basic fibroblast growth factor is an extracellular matrix component required for supporting the proliferation of vascular endothelial cells and the differentiation of PC12 cells.

1989 • 190 citations

Cloning and expression of cDNA encoding human basic fibroblast growth factor

1987 • 158 citations

Characterization of the Neuronal Receptor for Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor and Comparison to Receptors on Mesenchymal Cells

1989 • 113 citations

Optimizing the northern blot procedure.

1990 • 109 citations

Nucleotide sequence of rat basic fibroblast growth factor cDNA

1988 • 99 citations

Fibroblast growth factor levels in the whole embryo and limb bud during chick development

1988 • 97 citations

Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) levels in the developing rat brain

1990 • 91 citations

Isolation of a Receptor for Acidic and Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor from Embryonic Chick

1989 • 88 citations

An antisense transcript from the Xenopus laevis bFGF gene coding for an evolutionarily conserved 24 kd protein.

1989 • 79 citations

Differential expression of mRNA coding for heparin‐binding growth factor type 2 in human cells

1988 • 63 citations

Developmental changes in fibroblast growth factor in the chicken embryo limb bud.

1988 • 59 citations

Regulation of Multiple Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Transcripts by Protein Kinase C Activators

1988 • 41 citations

Increased levels of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) following focal brain injury

1990 • 28 citations

Purification and assay of intact human basic fibroblast growth factor using heparin-sepharose chromatography

1986 • 15 citations