Bax is increased in the retina of diabetic subjects and is associated with pericyte apoptosis in vivo and in vitro

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1025-1032

  Podestà, Francesca ^a   Romeo, Giulio ^a   Liu, Wei Hua ^a   Krajewski, Stanislaw ^b   Reed, John C ^b   Gerhardinger, Chiara ^a   Lorenzi, Mara ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; LIPOCORTIN 5; PROTEIN BAX;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA CAPILLARY; RETINA CELL;

EID: 0033902815     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)64970-X     Document Type: Article

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