Crocin prevents retinal ischaemia/reperfusion injury-induced apoptosis in retinal ganglion cells through the PI3K/AKT signalling pathway

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 107, Issue , 2013, Pages 44-51

  Qi, Yun ^a,b   Chen, Li ^a,c   Zhang, Lei ^d   Liu, Wen Bo ^d   Chen, Xiao Yan ^d   Yang, Xin Guang ^a,b  

^a XI AN NO 4 HOSPITAL   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^d FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Crocin; PI3K AKT; Retinal ganglion cells; Retinal ischaemia reperfusion injury

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; CROCIN; FLUOROGOLD; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CELL SURVIVAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ISCHEMIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAROTENOIDS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMONES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MORPHOLINES; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84871455703     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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