Involvement of OCTN2 in the transport of acetyl-lcarnitine across the inner blood-retinal barrier

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 430-436

  Tachikawa, Masanori ^a   Takeda, Yoko ^a   Tomi, Masatoshi ^a   Hosoya, Ken ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETAINE; BUTANOL; CARBON 14; CARNITINE; CELL MARKER; GUANIDINE; LEVACECARNINE; MANNITOL; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER; PROTEIN OCTN2; SODIUM ION; TETRYLAMMONIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETYLCARNITINE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ATB0 PROTEIN, RAT; CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; OCTN1 PROTEIN, RAT; SLC22A5 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; CAROTID ARTERY; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA CAPILLARY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; WISTAR RAT;

ACETYLCARNITINE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM ASC; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER; CARNITINE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 75749150209     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4080     Document Type: Article

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