Retinal Muller glia secrete apolipoproteins E and J which are efficiently assembled into lipoprotein particles

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 113-120

  Shanmugaratnam, Janani ^a   Berg, Eric ^a   Kimerer, Lauren ^c   Johnson, Robin J ^a   Amaratunga, Anil ^a   Schreiber, Barbara M ^a   Fine, Richard E ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cholesterol; Rabbit; Retinal ganglion cell; Triglyceride; Vitreous

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; CLUSTERIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DENSITY; GLIA; GLIA CELL; LIPID TRANSPORT; MALE; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RABBIT; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CELLS, CULTURED; CLUSTERIN; GLYCOPROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS; LIPOSOMES; MALE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; RABBITS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030726171     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(97)00176-9     Document Type: Article

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