Alpha-crystallin promotes rat retinal neurite growth on myelin substrates in vitro

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 164-168

  Wang, Yan Hua ^a,b,c   Wang, Dong Wu ^b,c   Wu, Nan ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Yin, Zheng Qin ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CHINESE PEOPLE'S ARMED POLICE FORCES   (China)

^c No 8650 Military Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Force   (China)

Author keywords

Crystallin; Myelin; Neurite growth

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; MYELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURITE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA NERVE CELL;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MYELIN PROTEINS; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; NEURITES; NEUROGENESIS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RETINAL NEURONS;

EID: 77957146772     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319944     Document Type: Article

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