Tafluprost protects rat retinal ganglion cells from apoptosis in vitro and in vivo

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 247, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1353-1360

  Kanamori, Akiyasu ^a   Naka, Maiko ^a   Fukuda, Masahide ^a   Nakamura, Makoto ^a   Negi, Akira ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Neuroprotection; Optic nerve crush; Retinal ganglion cell; Tafluprost

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; GLUTAMIC ACID; KT 5823; TAFLUPROST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CARBAZOLES; CASPASE 3; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; CYCLIC GMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTAMIC ACID; INSTILLATION, DRUG; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NERVE CRUSH; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; OPTIC NERVE; PROSTAGLANDINS F; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69549114432     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-009-1122-6     Document Type: Article

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