Pharmacological Inhibition of Caspase-2 Protects Axotomised Retinal Ganglion Cells from Apoptosis in Adult Rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Vigneswara, Vasanthy ^a   Berry, Martin ^a   Logan, Ann ^a   Ahmed, Zubair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYLOXYCARBONYLVALYLASPARTYLVALYLALANYLASPARTIC ACID FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; CASPASE 2; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 6; CASPASE 7; CASPASE 8; CASPASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; RAT; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AXOTOMY; CASPASE 2; CASPASE INHIBITORS; CYTOPROTECTION; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84871676640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053473     Document Type: Article

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