Early-stage retinal melatonin synthesis impairment in streptozotocin-induced diabetic wistar rats

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 7416-7422

  Buonfiglio, Daniella do Carmo ^a   Peliciari Garcia, Rodrigo Antonio ^a   do Amaral, Fernanda Gaspar ^a   Peres, Rafael ^a   Araujo Nogueira, Tatiane C ^a   Afeche, Solange Castro ^b   Cipolla Neto, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYCLIC AMP; MELATONIN; PROTEIN BMAL1; AANAT PROTEIN, RAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ARNTL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOMETRY; RETINA; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ARNTL TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYCLIC AMP; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOMETRY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA;

EID: 84856365149     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6756     Document Type: Article

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