α-Crystallin downregulates the expression of TNF-α and iNOS by activated rat retinal microglia in vitro and in vivo

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-28

  Wu, Nan ^a   Wang, Yan Hua ^b   Zhao, Hai Sheng ^a   Liu, Dong Ning ^a   Ying, Xi ^a   Yin, Zheng Qin ^a   Wang, Yi ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CHINESE PEOPLE'S ARMED POLICE FORCES   (China)

Author keywords

Crystallin; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Lipopolysaccharides; Optic nerve crush; Retina; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Tumor necrosis factor ; Western blot

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKINE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; MICROGLIA; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROGLIA; NERVE CRUSH; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RETINAL NEURONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 66149103249     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000219681     Document Type: Article

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