Crocetin, a carotenoid derivative, inhibits retinal ischemic damage in mice

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 703, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Ishizuka, Fumiya ^a   Shimazawa, Masamitsu ^a   Umigai, Naofumi ^b   Ogishima, Hiromi ^a   Nakamura, Shinsuke ^a   Tsuruma, Kazuhiro ^a   Hara, Hideaki ^a  

^a GIFU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN VITAMIN CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crocetin; MAPK; Oxidative stress; Retinal ischemia

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; CROCETIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN C JUN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

A WAVE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B WAVE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EYE PROTECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ISCHEMIA; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAROTENOIDS; DNA; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MALE; MICE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NF-KAPPA B; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINAL DISEASES;

EID: 84874936130     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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