CNTF promotes survival of retinal ganglion cells after induction of ocular hypertension in rats: The possible involvement of STAT3 pathway

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 265-272

  Ji, Jian Zhong ^a   Elyaman, Wassim ^a   Yip, Henry K ^a,b   Lee, Vincent W H ^a,c   Yick, Leung Wah ^a   Hugon, Jacques ^a,b   So, Kwok Fai ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Hong Kong Adventist Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Intraocular pressure; Neurotrophic factors; Phosphorylated STAT3; Sprague Dawley rats

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FLUOROGOLD; JANUS KINASE; STAT PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INJECTION; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; LASER COAGULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OCULAR BLOOD VESSEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VEIN;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0842308889     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816X.2003.03107.x     Document Type: Article

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