Reduced connexin 43 expression and its effect on the development of vascular lesions in retinas of diabetic mice

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3758-3763

  Bobbie, Michael W ^a,b   Roy, Sumon ^a,b   Trudeau, Kyle ^a,b   Munger, Stephanie J ^c   Simon, Alexander M ^c   Roy, Sayon ^a,b  

^a Boston University Medical Center Place   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; STREPTOZOCIN; GJA1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ACELLULAR CAPILLARY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DOWN REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA CAPILLARY; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; C57BL MOUSE; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC INDEX; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY WEIGHT; CONNEXIN 43; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DOWN-REGULATION; GENOTYPE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PERICYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 75649090531     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4489     Document Type: Article

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