Normal aging involves modulation of specific inflammatory markers in the rat retina and choroid

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-331

  Steinle, Jena J ^a   Sharma, Sheena ^b   Smith, Christopher P ^b   McFayden Ketchum, Lisa S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Choroid; Inflammatory markers; Retina

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; AUTACOID; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BROWN NORWAY RAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISCHER 344 RAT; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; REFERENCE VALUE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

RATTUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHOROID; DINOPROSTONE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED F344; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 64849113807     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gln052     Document Type: Article

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