Taurine buffers glutamate homeostasis in retinal cells in vitro under hypoxic conditions

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-112

  Chen, Fang ^a   Mi, Mantian ^a   Zhang, Qianyong ^a   Wei, Na ^a   Chen, Ka ^a   Xu, Hongxia ^a   Yuan, Jialin ^a   Zhou, Yong ^a   Lang, Haibin ^a   Yu, Xiaoping ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Tang, Yong ^a   Chang, Hui ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Hypoxia; M ller cell; Retina; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; BUFFER; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN S 100; TAURINE; VIMENTIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL ISOLATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG INHIBITION; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MUELLER CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SURVIVAL RATE; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BUFFERS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMEOSTASIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL NEURONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; S100 PROTEINS; TAURINE; VIMENTIN;

EID: 77952295634     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000312818     Document Type: Article

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