BDNF protects retinal neurons from hyperglycemia through the TrkB/ERK/MAPK pathway

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1773-1778

  Liu, Yu ^a   Lijian, Tao ^b   Fu, Xiao ^b   Zhao, Yingchun ^c   Xu, Xueliang ^b  

^a THE THIRD XIANGYA HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Diabetic retinopathy; ERK MAPK signaling pathway; Retinal neurons

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; RETINA NERVE CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELLS, CULTURED; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GLUCOSE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RETINAL NEURONS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84877244728     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2013.1433     Document Type: Article

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