Downregulation of reduced-folate transporter by glucose in cultured RPE cells and in RPE of diabetic mice

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 556-563

  Naggar, Hany ^a   Shamsul Ola, M ^a   Moore, Pamela ^a   Huang, Wei ^a   Bridges, Christy C ^a   Ganapathy, Vadivel ^a   Smith, Sylvia B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; MANNITOL; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; KINETICS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DOWN-REGULATION; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TETRAHYDROFOLATES;

EID: 0036156564     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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