Interleukin-6 increases the survival of retinal ganglion cells in vitro

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 43-50

  Mendonça Torres, Patrícia Maria ^a,b   De Araujo, Elizabeth Giestal ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Interleukin 6; Neuronal survival; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; 2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CHELATING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; DANTROLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; GENISTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; NIFEDIPINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; INTERLEUKIN-6; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RATS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0035796876     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(01)00303-4     Document Type: Article

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