Evidence of alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expression in retinal pigment epithelial cells

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 139-147

  Maneu, Victoria ^a,b   Gerona, Guillermo ^a   Fernández, Laura ^a   Cuenca, Nicolás ^a   Lax, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO TEÓFILO HERNANDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gene expression; lynx1; Nicotinic receptors; RPE

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ION; FURA 2; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FROZEN SECTION; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RETINA; RETINA CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 79451469393     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523810000246     Document Type: Article

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