A novel rat model with obesity-associated retinal degeneration

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3456-3463

  Reddy, Geereddy Bhanuprakash ^a,b   Vasireddy, Vidyullatha ^b,c   Mandal, Md Nawajes A ^b,d   Tiruvalluru, Mrudula ^a   Wang, Xiaofei F ^e   Jablonski, Monica M ^e   Nappanveettil, Giridharan ^a   Ayyagari, Radha ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEXIN; BETA ACTIN; CERULOPLASMIN; CYCLIC GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OPSIN; PERIPHERIN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RETINA S ANTIGEN; RHODOPSIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN L19; RNA; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BBS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CRX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELOVL4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TUBBY; TRANSDUCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; DLGH4 PROTEIN, RAT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS; ANIMAL; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OBESITY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPSINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOPSIN;

EID: 67649998885     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2498     Document Type: Article

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