CNTF induces regeneration of cone outer segments in a rat model of retinal degeneration

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Li, Yiwen ^a   Tao, Weng ^b   Luo, Lingyu ^a   Huang, Deqiang ^a   Kauper, Konrad ^b   Stabila, Paul ^b   Lavail, Matthew M ^c   Laties, Alan M ^d   Wen, Rong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Neurotech USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEANUT AGGLUTININ; RECOMBINANT CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RHODOPSIN; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOSS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; TISSUE REGENERATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRANSGENIC RAT;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, TRANSGENIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REGENERATION; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RHODOPSIN;

EID: 77949751399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009495     Document Type: Article

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