Test System for the Discovery of Substances for the Promotion of Neuraxonal Growth

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APP PUB NO 20080020964A1
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10550385

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The invention relates to a method for identifying or testing active substances, which influence the growth and survival of nerve cells, wherein a cell is brought into contact with at least one substance and subsequently, within said cell, the mRNA of the .beta.-actin or the .beta.-actin protein alone or together with the SMN protein and/or a ribonucleic protein hnRNP, in particular the ribonucleic protein hnRNP-R and/or hnRNP-Q, are determined, and the determined amounts of said components are compared to the amounts of said components in a cell, which has not been brought into contact with the prospective active substance, to a test system for carrying-out said method and to uses of such test systems.

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JULIUS-MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITAT WURZBURGSANDERRING 2 WURZBURG 97070

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Jablonka, Sibylle Wurzburg, DE 1 0
Rossoll, Wilfried Gerbrunn, DE 1 0
Sendtner, Michael Veitshochheim, DE 8 4

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