Latanoprost protects rat retinal ganglion cells from apoptosis in vitro and in vivo

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 535-541

  Kanamori, Akiyasu ^a   Naka, Maiko ^a   Fukuda, Masahide ^a   Nakamura, Makoto ^a   Negi, Akira ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

apoptosis; latanoprost; optic nerve crush; retinal ganglion cell; RGC 5 cells

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; FLUOROGOLD; GLUTAMIC ACID; LATANOPROST; UO 126;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; PROSTAGLANDINS F, SYNTHETIC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 61549133925     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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