Neuroprotective effect of small interfering rna targeted to caspase-3 on rat retinal ganglion cell loss induced by ischemia and reperfusion injury

Current Eye Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 907-913

  Ishikawa, Shinichiro ^a   Hirata, Akira ^a   Nakabayashi, Jo ^a   Iwakiri, Ryo ^a   Okinami, Satoshi ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caspase 3; Ischemia reperfusion injury; Neuroprotection; Retina

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEUROPROTECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ISCHEMIA; RETINA THICKNESS; RNA INTERFERENCE; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ANIMALS; CASPASE 3; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENETIC THERAPY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INJECTIONS, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84865772668     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2012.688161     Document Type: Article

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