Fasudil, a Rho-associated protein kinase inhibitor, attenuates retinal ischemia and reperfusion injury in rats

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-198

  Song, Haishan ^a,b   Gao, Dianwen ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b No 202 Hospital of PLA   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Fasudil; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Ischemia reperfusion injury

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; FASUDIL; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE PROTECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ISCHEMIA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

1-(5-ISOQUINOLINESULFONYL)-2-METHYLPIPERAZINE; ANIMALS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; ISCHEMIA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES;

EID: 79958133149     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2011.659     Document Type: Article

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