Tetramethylpyrazine protected photoreceptor cells of rats by modulating nuclear translocation of NF-κB

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 887-892

  Yang, Jin Nan ^a   Chen, Jin Mao ^b   Luo, Lin ^b   Lin, Shao Chun ^b   Li, Dai ^b   Hu, Shi Xing ^b,c  

^a XINXIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Eye Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Methylnitrosourea; NF kappa B; Photoreceptors; Retinitis pigmentosa; Tetramethylpyrazine

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; I KAPPA B ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; METHYLNITROSOUREA; TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROTECTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA INJURY; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; I-KAPPA B PROTEINS; LIGUSTICUM; METHYLNITROSOUREA; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PYRAZINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL DISEASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA;

EID: 22144440162     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2005.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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