Effects of generated trans-arachidonic acids on retinal capillary during nitrative stress in diabetic rats

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-41

  Xu, Lin ^a   Xun, Guoliang ^b   Yao, Zhujun ^b   Liu, Yumin ^a   Qiu, Yunping ^a   Liu, Kun ^a   Zhu, Dongqing ^a   Gu, Qing ^a   Xu, Xun ^a   Ho, Patrick C P ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c Hong Kong Eye Associates   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diabetic rat; Nitrative stress; Retinal pericyte; Thrombospondin 1; trans arachidonic acid

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; THROMBOSPONDIN 1;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; NITRATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA; RETINA CAPILLARY; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CAPILLARIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERICYTES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; RETINAL VESSELS; THROMBOSPONDIN 1;

EID: 37349051471     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109277     Document Type: Article

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