A preliminary study of reduced expression of aquaporin-9 in the optic nerve of primate and human eyes with glaucoma

Current Eye Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1064-1067

  Mizokami, Junji ^a   Kanamori, Akiyasu ^a   Negi, Akira ^a   Nakamura, Makoto ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Astrocyte; Glaucomatous optic neuropathy; Lactate shuttle hypothesis; Optic nerve

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 9; BRIMONIDINE; DORZOLAMIDE PLUS TIMOLOL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLAUCOMA; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AGED; ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC NERVE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 80054688590     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2011.611610     Document Type: Article

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