Hemopexin in the human retina: Protection of the retina against heme-mediated toxicity

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-80

  Hunt, Richard C ^a   Hunt, D Margaret ^a   Gaur, Nand ^b   Smith, Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FERRIC ION; FERRITIN; FREE RADICAL; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE; HEMOPEXIN; METALLOTHIONEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RETINA DISEASE; TRANSPORT AND BINDING PHENOMENA;

APOPROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA PRIMERS; FERRITINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HEMOPEXIN; HUMANS; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030017273     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(199607)168:1<71::AID-JCP9>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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