Regulation of taurine transporter activity in cultured rat retinal ganglion cells and rat retinal Müller cells

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-26

  Eissa, Laila A ^a   Smith, Sylvia B ^b   El Sherbeny, Amira A ^b  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamate; NO donors; Rat retinal ganglion cells and Muller cells; Taurine transporter

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; CARNITINE; CHLORINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LINSIDOMINE; NEUROTOXIN; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; SNARE PROTEIN; SODIUM ION; TAURINE; TAURINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HYPEROSMOLALITY; METABOLIC REGULATION; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

EID: 33344458867     PISSN: 13190164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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