Ganoderma spore lipid inhibits N-methyl-N-nitrosourea-induced retinal photoreceptor apoptosis in vivo

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 397-404

  Gao, Yang ^a   Deng, Xin guo ^a   Sun, Qian na ^a   Zhong, Zhi qiang ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ganoderma lucidum; N methyl N nitrosourea; Photoreceptor; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE; BXLC 070116; CASPASE 3; GANODERMA SPORE LIPID; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLNITROSOUREA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL XL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

A WAVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B WAVE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEMALE; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IN VIVO STUDY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA INJURY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; METHYLNITROSOUREA; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REISHI; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 77649184418     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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