Cationic amino acid transporter 1-mediated l-arginine transport at the inner blood-retinal barrier

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 716-725

  Tomi, Masatoshi ^a   Kitade, Naohisa ^a   Hirose, Shirou ^a   Yokota, Noriko ^a   Akanuma, Shin Ichi ^a   Tachikawa, Masanori ^a   Hosoya, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arginine; Capillary endothelial cells; Cationic amino acid transporter; Inner blood retinal barrier; Retina; Transport

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ARGININE; CATIONIC AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; LYSINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; ORNITHINE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA CAPILLARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER; CATIONIC AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TRITIUM;

RATTUS;

EID: 70349911734     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06367.x     Document Type: Article

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