Schnitzler AC, Mellott TJ, Lopez-Coviella I, Tallini YN, Kotlikoff MI, Follettie MT, Blusztajn JK (2010) BMP9 (bone morphogenetic protein 9) induces NGF as an autocrine/paracrine cholinergic trophic factor in developing basal forebrain neurons. J Neurosci 30(24):8221-8228. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5611-09.2010 PMID: 20554873
Summary: Bone morphogentic protein (BMP) 9 is a cholinergic differentiation factor that increases acetylcholine synthesis and choline acetyltransferase gene expression. The authors investigated whether BMP9 could induce cholinergic trophic factors in murine septal cells. One experiment involved the sorting of E18 septal cells using anti-p75 (Cat. #AB-N01AP, 5µg/2×106 cells). The increased Ngf gene expression in response to BMP9 in p75-positive basal forebrain cholinergic neurons indicates an autocrine/paracrine role for NGF in the development and maintenance of these cells.
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