Endogenous polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule enhances the survival of retinal ganglion cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 861-869

  Murphy, Jeremy A ^a   Hartwick, Andrew T E ^a,c   Rutishauser, Urs ^b   Clarke, David B ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTEIN PSA NCAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; POLYSIALYL NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SIALIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LONG EVANS RAT; MOUSE; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; NEURAMINIDASE; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SIALIC ACIDS;

EID: 59449088695     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2334     Document Type: Article

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