Factors secreted by human amniotic epithelial cells promote the survival of rat retinal ganglion cells

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-4

  Uchida, Saiko ^a   Suzuki, Yasuyuki ^a   Araie, Makoto ^a   Kashiwagi, Kenji ^b   Otori, Yasumasa ^c   Sakuragawa, Norio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amniotic cells; Cell death; Immunopanning; Neuroprotection; Neurotrophic factors; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FORSKOLIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NITROGEN;

AMNION CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SECRETION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0037464389     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01454-4     Document Type: Article

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