Evaluation of ultraviolet light toxicity on cultured retinal pigment epithelial and retinal ganglion cells

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-39

  Balaiya, Sankarathi ^a   Murthy, Ravi K ^a   Brar, Vikram S ^a   Chalam, Kakarla V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome C; Reactive oxygen species; Retinal ganglion cell; Retinal pigment epithelium; Ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 77953410557     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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