Gender and estrogen supplementation increases severity of experimental choroidal neovascularization

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 413-423

  Espinosa Heidmann, Diego G ^a   Marin Castano, Maria E ^a   Pereira Simon, Simone ^a   Hernandez, Eleut P ^a   Elliot, Sharon ^b   Cousins, Scott W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration (AMD); Animal model; Choroidal neovascularisation (CNV); Estrogen; iNOS; Laser photocoagulation; Macrophage activation

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GELATINASE B; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; LASER; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOLECULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 13844266176     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2004.10.008     Document Type: Article

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