Altered ferritin subunit composition: Change in iron metabolism in lens epithelial cells and downstream effects on glutathione levels and VEGF secretion

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4437-4446

  Harned, Jill ^a   Ferrell, Jenny ^a   Lall, Marilyn M ^a   Fleisher, Lloyd N ^a   Nagar, Steven ^a   Goralska, Małgorzata ^a   Christine McGahan, M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; FERRITIN; FERRITIN HEAVY CHAIN; FERRITIN LIGHT CHAIN; GLUTATHIONE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; IRON 59; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; APOFERRITIN; CYSTINE; IRON; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; VASCULOTROPIN A;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL INCLUSION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IRON METABOLISM; IRON STORAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; LENS EPITHELIUM; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DOG; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; LENS; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; APOFERRITINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CYSTINE; DOGS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GLUTATHIONE; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; IRON; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 77957371888     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-3861     Document Type: Article

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