Leukemia inhibitory factor extends the lifespan of injured photoreceptors in vivo

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 51, 2008, Pages 13765-13774

  Joly, Sandrine ^a   Lange, Christina ^a   Thiersch, Markus ^a   Samardzija, Marijana ^a   Grimm, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Edn2; Endogenous rescue pathway; Leukemia inhibitory factor; Neuroprotection; Photoreceptor degeneration; Retina

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; STAT3 PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; N ACETYLENDOTHELIN 1 [6-21][11,15 ALANINE]; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; STAT3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; DOMINANT GENE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GLIA; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; ENDOTHELINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GENES, DOMINANT; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NEUROGLIA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 58149385608     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5114-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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