Induction of apoptosis in cultured human retinal pigment epithelial cells is counteracted by flupirtine

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1390-1400

  Osborne, Neville N ^a   Cazeuieille, Chantal ^a   Pergande, Gabriela ^b   Wood, John P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTA MEDICA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Flupirtine; Ischemia; Retinal pigment epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

FLUPIRTINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; DNA DEGRADATION; EXUDATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ISCHEMIA; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AMINOPYRIDINES; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICKENS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0030912988     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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