Mitochondria- and caspase-dependent cell death pathway involved in neuronal degeneration in diabetic retinopathy

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 552-556

  Oshitari, T ^a,b,c   Yamamoto, S ^a   Hata, N ^a   Roy, S ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KIMITSU CHUO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; FLUORESCENT DYE; FLUORO JADE B; PROTEIN BAX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER COAGULATION; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA;

AGED; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; CELL DEATH; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 41849118420     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.132308     Document Type: Article

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