Ocular vascular endothelial growth factor levels in diabetic rats are elevated before observable retinal proliferative changes

Diabetologia

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 726-730

  Sone, H ^a   Kawakami, Y ^a   Okuda, Y ^a   Sekine, Y ^a   Honmura, S ^a   Matsuo, K ^b   Segawa, T ^b   Suzuki, H ^b   Yamashita, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Toagosei Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; ELISA; Goto Kakisaki rat; immunohistochemistry; Vascular endothelial growth factor; Vascular permeability factor

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOROID; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0030803023     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250050740     Document Type: Article

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