Brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene delivery to müller glia preserves structure and function of light-damaged photoreceptors

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3383-3392

  Gauthier, Rosemarie ^a   Joly, Sandrine ^b   Pernet, Vincent ^a   Lachapelle, Pierre ^b   Di Polo, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TACROLIMUS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BDNF GENE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE; GFP GENE; GLIA; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT DAMAGE; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA OUTER NUCLEAR LAYER; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; THICKNESS; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LIGHT; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROGLIA; PHOTORECEPTORS; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 27244459782     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0362     Document Type: Article

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