Bax antisense oligonucleotides reduce axotomy-induced retinal ganglion cell death in vivo by reduction of Bax protein expression

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 673-682

  Isenmann, Stefan ^a   Engel, Stefan ^a   Gillardon, Frank ^b   Bähr, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell death; Gene transfer; Neuroprotection; Rat; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; FLUORESCEIN; PROTEIN BAX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INJECTION SITE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032783006     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400538     Document Type: Article

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