Novel roles for α-crystallins in retinal function and disease

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 576-604

  Kannan, Ram ^a,b   Sreekumar, Parameswaran G ^a   Hinton, David R ^a,b  

^a DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

B Crystallin; Angiogenesis; Apoptosis; Chaperone; Exosomes; Retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; CHAPERONE; GROWTH FACTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; EXOSOME; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RETINA; RETINA DISEASE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLINS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

EID: 84867401896     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: 18731635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2012.06.001     Document Type: Review

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