Early activation of caspase-1 after retinal ischemia and reperfusion injury in mice

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 717-721

  Zheng, Guang Ying ^a   Zhang, Cheng ^b   Li, Zhi Gang ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase 1; Reperfusion; Retinal ischemia; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FROZEN SECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ISCHEMIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; CASPASE 1; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NF-KAPPA B; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINAL DISEASES;

EID: 2942568039     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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