Understanding retinopathy of prematurity: Update on pathogenesis

Neonatology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 343-353

  Rivera, José Carlos ^a,b   Sapieha, Przemyslaw ^b   Joyal, Jean Sébastien ^a   Duhamel, François ^a,b   Shao, Zhuo ^a   Sitaras, Nicholas ^a   Picard, Emilie ^a   Zhou, Ellen ^a,b   Lachapelle, Pierre ^c   Chemtob, Sylvain ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 lipids; GPR91; Nitro oxidative stress; Retinopathy; Semaphorin 3A and 3E; Succinate; Trans arachidonic acids

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; BEVACIZUMAB; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYTOKINE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 91; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROSTAGLANDIN D2; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SEMAPHORIN 3A; SEMAPHORIN 3F; SOMATOMEDIN C; SUCCINIC ACID; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; THROMBOXANE A2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CHOROID VASCULARIZATION; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LASER COAGULATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MICROANGIOPATHY; NITRATION; NITROSATIVE STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGENATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK FACTORS; SEMAPHORINS; SUCCINIC ACID; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 81255134922     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330174     Document Type: Review

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