title: Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a regulator of astrocytes: PACAP stimulates proliferation and production of interleukin 6 (IL-6), but not nerve growth factor (NGF), in cultured rat astrocyte.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Chiba University School of Medicine, Japan. ichico@intmed02.m.chiba-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tatsuno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morio
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D020934:Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007700:Kinetics; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051219:Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C495403:Adcyap1 protein, rat; D020934:Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor; D015850:Interleukin-6; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009479:Neuropeptides; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D051219:Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D000242:Cyclic AMP