Activation of autophagy in retinal ganglion cells

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 86, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2943-2951

  Kim, Seok Hwan ^a   Munemasa, Yasunari ^a   Kwong, Jacky M K ^a   Ahn, Jae Hong ^a   Mareninov, Sergey ^a   Gordon, Lynn K ^a   Caprioli, Joseph ^a,b   Piri, Natik ^a,b  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell survival; Ganglion cells; Gene expression; Optic nerve; Retina

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLADENINE; BAFILOMYCIN A1; BECLIN 1; MESSENGER RNA; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN ATG12; PROTEIN ATG5; PROTEIN ATG7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WORTMANNIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; AXOTOMY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 57049127585     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21738     Document Type: Article

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