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NGF gene

Known as: NERVE GROWTH FACTOR, BETA SUBUNIT, Nerve Growth Factor (Beta Polypeptide) Gene, NGF 
This gene plays a role in the maintenance of sympathetic and sensory neurons.
National Institutes of Health

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Cell Proliferation Regulatory ProcessHomo sapiensNGF protein, humanNerve Growth Factor

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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Nerve growth factor-induced phenotypic switch in guinea pig airway sensory neurons.
Immunohistochemistry was combined with retrograde tracing techniques to characterize the effect of nerve growth factor (NGF) on… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Nerve growth factor receptor trkA is down‐regulated during postnatal development by a subset of dorsal root ganglion neurons
Nerve growth factor (NGF), signaling through its receptor tyrosine kinase, TrkA, is required for the survival of all small and… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Ciliary neurotrophic factor prevents neuronal degeneration and promotes low affinity NGF receptor expression in the adult rat CNS
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Role of the neurotrophic factors BDNF and NGF in the commitment of pluripotent neural crest cells
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Differential effects of NGF, FGF, EGF, cAMP, and dexamethasone on neurite outgrowth and sodium channel expression in PC12 cells
PC12 cells are a pheochromocytoma cell line that can be made to differentiate into sympatheticlike neurons by nerve growth factor… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Interactions between the sympathetic and sensory innervation of the iris
The interaction between peptidergic, sensory nerves and sympathetic fibers was examined in the rat iris. The putative peptide… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Cell death of motoneurons in the chick embryo spinal cord. VI. Reduction of naturally occurring cell death in the thoracolumbar column of terni by nerve growth factor
A discrete preganglionic cell column (column of Terni, CT) in the caudal thoracolumbar (segments 21–23) spinal cord is first… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Changes in the colchicine susceptibility of microtubules associated with neurite outgrowth: studies with nerve growth factor-responsive PC12 pheochromocytoma cells
The PC12 line of nerve growth factor (NGF)-responsive rat pheochromocytoma cells was used as a model system to determine whether… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
The effects of nerve growth factor and its antiserum on synapses in the superior cervical ganglion of the guinea‐pig.
1. The effects of nerve growth factor (NGF) and its antiserum on synapses in the superior cervical ganglion of the guinea‐pig… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Biological importance of retrograde axonal transport of nerve growth factor in adrenergic neurons
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