Apoptosis of retinal ganglion cells in glaucoma: An update of the molecular pathways involved in cell death

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 43, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Nickells, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2 related genes; Caspases; Glaucoma; Mitochondria; P53; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; PROTEIN MDM2; PROTEIN P53;

APOPTOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLAUCOMA; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTO ONCOGENE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENES, BCL-2; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0032797074     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(99)00029-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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