Attenuation of EphrinB2 reverse signaling decreases vascularized area and preretinal vascular tuft formation in the Murine model of oxygen-induced retinopathy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5462-5470

  Taylor, Alyssa C ^a   Mendel, Thomas A ^b   Mason, Katelyn E ^a   Degen, Katherine E ^a   Yates, Paul A ^a,b   Peirce, Shayn M ^a,b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN B2; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B4; EPHB4 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINOPATHY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; METABOLISM; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; EPHRIN-B2; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RECEPTOR, EPHB4; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84867911376     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8599     Document Type: Article

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