Microvascular retinal endothelial and pericyte cell apoptosis in vitro: Role of hedgehog and notch signaling

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4472-4483

  Walshe, Tony E ^a,b   Connell, Paul ^a,c   Cryan, Lorna ^c   Ferguson, Gail ^a   Gardiner, Tom ^d   Morrow, David ^a,e   Redmond, Eileen M ^e   O'Brien, Colm ^c   Cahill, Paul A ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOTCH RECEPTOR; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; NOTCH3 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL X; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI2; DNA;

AGED; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSATILE FLOW; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PERICYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 80052357383     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-7061     Document Type: Article

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