Novel mechanism for age-related macular degeneration: An equilibrium shift between the angiogenesis factors VEGF and PEDF

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 323-333

  Ohno Matsui, Kyoko ^a   Morita, Ikuo ^a   Tombran Tink, Joyce ^b,c   Mrazek, David ^d,e   Onodera, Mitsue ^a   Uetama, Tomoko ^a   Hayano, Masato ^a   Murota, Sei Itsu ^a   Mochizuki, Manabu ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM DERIVED FACTOR; RNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; CAPILLARIES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SERPINS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0035173448     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.10026     Document Type: Article

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