Switching mature retinal ganglion cells to a robust growth state in vivo: Gene expression and synergy with RhoA inactivation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 40, 2004, Pages 8726-8740

  Fischer, Dietmar ^a,b,c   Petkova, Victoria ^d   Thanos, Solon ^e   Benowitz, Larry I ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axon; Explants; Gene therapy; Microarrays; Optic nerve; Regeneration; Retina; Retinal ganglion cells; RhoA

Indexed keywords

PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; RHO FACTOR; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LENS DISEASE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MYELINATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELLS, CULTURED; DEPENDOVIRUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VECTORS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; NERVE REGENERATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 5444270047     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2774-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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