Studies on the mechanism of early onset macular degeneration in cynomolgus monkeys. II. Suppression of metallothionein synthesis in the retina in oxidative stress

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 399-408

  Nicolas, Marilou G ^a,b   Fujiki, Keiko ^a   Murayama, Kimie ^a   Suzuki, Michihiro T ^c   Shindo, Noriko ^a   Hotta, Yoshihiro ^a   Iwata, Fumino ^a   Fujimura, Tsutomu ^a   Yoshikawa, Yasuhiro ^c   Cho, Fumiaki ^c   Kanai, Atsushi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Catalase; Glutathione peroxidase; Metallothionein; Monkey; Oxidative stress; Retina

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029936705     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0045     Document Type: Article

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