Autophagy promotes survival of retinal ganglion cells after optic nerve axotomy in mice

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 162-169

  Rodriguez Muela N ^a   Germain, F ^b   Mario G ^c   Fitze, P S ^d,e   Boya, P ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

apoptosis; autophagy; neurodegeneration; retina; retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

AUTOPHAGY PROTEIN 5; PROTEIN ATG4B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGOSOME; AUTOPHAGY; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; AXOTOMY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

MUS;

EID: 84856760438     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: 14765403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2011.88     Document Type: Article

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