Retinoic acid promotes apoptosis and differentiation in photoreceptors by activating the p38 MAP kinase pathway

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3143-3156

  De Genaro, Pablo ^a   Simón, M Victoria ^a,b   Rotstein, Nora P ^a,b   Politi, Luis E ^a,b  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquimicas Bahia Blanca   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Photoreceptors; Retinoid

Indexed keywords

4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 METHYLSULFINYLPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL) IMIDAZOLE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; OPSIN; PERIPHERIN; RETINOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL FACTOR; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APOPTOSIS; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINOID;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; IMIDAZOLES; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINAL NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84877155617     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-11049     Document Type: Article

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