Down-regulation of apoptosis mediators by RNAi inhibits axotomy-induced retinal ganglion cell death in vivo

Brain

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 550-558

  Lingor, Paul ^a   Koeberle, Paulo ^b   Kügler, Sebastian ^a   Bähr, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Axotomy; Gene silencing; Retinal ganglion cell; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1 ANTIBODY; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BAX ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN C JUN; PROTEIN C JUN ANTIBODY; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; APAF1 PROTEIN, RAT; BAX PROTEIN, RAT; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; RAT; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RNA INTERFERENCE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ONCOGENE; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE-ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; AXOTOMY; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENES, JUN; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 15044348274     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh382     Document Type: Article

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