Increased metallothionein in light damaged mouse retinas

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 287-293

  Chen, Lin ^a   Wu, Wayne ^a   Dentchev, Tzvete ^a   Wong, Robert ^a   Dunaief, Joshua L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AMD; antioxidant; apoptosis; light damage; metallothionein; oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN I; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT DAMAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; LIGHT; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 4344605052     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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