Taurine deficiency damages retinal neurones: Cone photoreceptors and retinal ganglion cells

Amino Acids

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1979-1993

  Gaucher, David ^a,b,c   Arnault, Emilie ^a,b   Husson, Zoé ^a,b   Froger, Nicolas ^a,b   Dubus, Elisabeth ^a,b   Gondouin, Pauline ^a,b   Dherbécourt, Diane ^a,b   Degardin, Julie ^a,b   Simonutti, Manuel ^a,b   Fouquet, Stéphane ^a,b   Benahmed, M A ^c,d   Elbayed, K ^d   Namer, Izzie Jacques ^c,d   Massin, Pascale ^e   Sahel, José Alain ^a,b,f,g,h   Picaud, Serge ^a,b,i  

^a INSTITUT DE LA VISION   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^f HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^g CENTRE HOSPITALIER NATIONAL D OPHTALMOLOGIE DES QUINZE VINGTS   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ FONDATION OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ADOLPHE DE ROTHSCHILD   (France)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Degeneration; Ganglion cells; Retina; Retinal pigment epithelium; Taurine deficiency

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GUANIDOETHANE SULFONATE; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; TAURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FUNDUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR INNER SEGMENT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INJURY; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GUANIDINES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; TAURINE;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84868013159     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-012-1273-3     Document Type: Article

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