Gene expression and functional studies of the optic nerve head astrocyte transcriptome from normal African Americans and Caucasian Americans donors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Miao, Haixi ^a   Chen, Lin ^a   Riordan, Sean M ^a   Li, Wenjun ^a   Juarez, Santiago ^a   Crabb, Andrea M ^a   Lukas, Thomas J ^a   Du, Pan ^a   Lin, Simon M ^a   Wise, Alexandria ^b   Agapova, Olga A ^c   Yang, Ping ^c   Gu, Charles C ^c   Hernandez, M Rosario ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE 3; ADENYLATE CYCLASE 9; ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; AUTOCRINE MOTILITY FACTOR RECEPTOR; ELASTIN; ENTACTIN; EPHRIN B2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE 1; FRACTALKINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE 1; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE 2; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M2; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M3; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M4; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T2; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RECEPTOR C; NEUROLIGIN 1; NIDOGEN 2; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOSERINE PHOSPHATASE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 5; TRANSCRIPTOME; CYTOKINE; GLUTATHIONE; GROWTH PROMOTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVING DONOR; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE HEAD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; WESTERN BLOTTING; CAUCASIAN; CELL MOTION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEGRO; PHYSIOLOGY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTROCYTES; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOKINES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLUTATHIONE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPTIC NERVE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 51349119638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002847     Document Type: Article

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