Translocation of H-Ras and its implications in the development of diabetic retinopathy

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 387, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 461-466

  Kowluru, Renu A ^a   Kanwar, Mamta ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Endothelial cells; G proteins; Retinopathy

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; H RAS PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NITRITE; RAF PROTEIN; RNA; SIMVASTATIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; RETINA CELL; RNA INTERFERENCE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSOL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; MALE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RAF; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS); RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA;

BOVINAE; RATTUS;

EID: 68249116568     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.07.038     Document Type: Article

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