Caspase-3 inhibitor rescues N-methyl-N-nitrosourea-induced retinal degeneration in Sprague-Dawley rats

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 629-635

  Yoshizawa, Katsuhiko ^a,b   Yang, Jihong ^a   Senzaki, Hideto ^a   Uemura, Yoshiko ^a   Kiyozuka, Yasuhiko ^a   Shikata, Nobuaki ^a   Oishi, Yuji ^b   Miki, Hirohiko ^a   Tsubura, Airo ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ac DEVD CHO; Apoptosis; Caspase 3 inhibitor; N methyl N nitrosourea; Photoreceptor cell; Rat; Retinal degeneration

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3 INHIBITOR; CASPASE INHIBITOR; METHYLNITROSOUREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA INJURY; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; THICKNESS;

EID: 0034532337     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.2000.0921     Document Type: Article

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