αA crystallin may protect against geographic atrophy-meta-analysis of cataract vs. cataract surgery for geographic atrophy and experimental studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Zhou, Peng ^a   Ye, Hong Fei ^a   Jiang, Yong Xiang ^a   Yang, Jin ^a   Zhu, Xiang Jia ^a   Sun, Xing Huai ^a   Luo, Yi ^a   Dou, Guo Rui ^b   Wang, Yu Sheng ^b   Lu, Yi ^a  

^a EYE AND ENT HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; SODIUM IODATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EYE PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LENS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN A CHAIN; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IODATES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84865171995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043173     Document Type: Article

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