The repulsive guidance molecule, RGMa, promotes retinal ganglion cell survival in vitro and in vivo

Neuroscience

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 495-504

  Koeberle, P D ^b   Tura, A ^c   Tassew, N G ^a,d   Schlichter, L C ^a,d   Monnier, P P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase 3; Neurons; Optic nerve transection; Retinal ganglion cell; RGMa Neogenin

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEOGENIN; REPULSIVE GUIDANCE MOLECULE A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; AXOTOMY; CASPASE 3; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GPI-LINKED PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 77953808895     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.04.079     Document Type: Article

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