Small heat shock protein αA-crystallin prevents photoreceptor degeneration in experimental autoimmune uveitis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Rao, Narsing A ^a   Saraswathy, Sindhu ^a   Pararajasegaram, Geeta ^a   Bhat, Suraj P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERPHOTORECEPTOR RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; RECOMBINANT BETA CRYSTALLIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SMALL HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; EYE PROTECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA DEGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; THYMUS; UVEITIS;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN A CHAIN; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS, SMALL; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UVEITIS;

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EID: 84859114916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033582     Document Type: Article

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