Pigment epithelium-derived factor delays the death of photoreceptors in mouse models of inherited retinal degenerations

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 523-532

  Cayouette, Michel ^a   Smith, Sylvia B ^b   Becerra, S Patricia ^c   Gravel, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM DERIVED FACTOR; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 0033428112     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.1999.0263     Document Type: Article

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