The role of aαA-and aαB-crystallins in the survival of retinal ganglion cells after optic nerve axotomy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3869-3875

  Munemasa, Yasunari ^a,b   Kwong, Jacky M K ^a   Caprioli, Joseph ^a,c   Piri, Natik ^a,c  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA B CRYSTALLIN; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; CELL PROTECTION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UPREGULATION;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN A CHAIN; ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN B CHAIN; ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOPROTECTION; ELECTROPORATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 68349103136     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-3138     Document Type: Article

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