Continuous exposure to bright light upregulates bFGF and CNTF expression in the rat retina

Current Eye Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 494-500

  Wen, Rong ^a   Cheng, Tong ^b,c   Song, Ying ^b,c   Matthes, Michael T ^c   Yasumura, Douglas ^c   LaVail, Matthew M ^c   Steinberg, Roy H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Light damage; Muller cells; Neurotrophic factors; Photoreceptors; Retinal injury

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA CELL; RETINA INJURY;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0031747327     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.17.5.494.5186     Document Type: Article

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