Expression of the diabetes risk gene wolframin (WFS1) in the human retina

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 568-574

  Schmidt Kastner, Rainald ^a   Kreczmanski, Pawel ^c   Preising, Markus ^d   Diederen, Roselie ^c   Schmitz, Christoph ^c   Reis, Danielle ^a,b   Blanks, Janet ^b   Dorey, C Kathleen ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

diabetes; immunohistochemistry; neurodegeneration; optic nerve; retina; RPE

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOLFRAMIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FROZEN SECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MONKEY; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TISSUE SECTION; VISUAL SYSTEM; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

EID: 69749088509     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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