Increased VEGFR-1 immunoreactivity in the choroid-scleral complex in hypercholesterolemia experimental model;Aumento da imunorreatividade ao VEGFR-1 no complexo coroido-escleral em modelo experimental de hipercolesterolemia

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-5

  De Almeida Torres, Rogil José ^a   De Noronha, Lucia ^a   Casella, Antonio Marcelo Barbante ^b   De Almeida Torres, Regiane do Rocio ^a   De Carvalho Martins, Isabela ^a   Zotz, Rafael ^a   Luchini, Andréa ^c   Filho, Conrado Roberto Hoffmann ^a   Précoma, Dalton Bertolim ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c Centro Oftalmologico de Curitiba   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animals; Cholesterol; Choroid; Macrophages; Macular degeneration; Rabbits; Sclera; Vascular endothelial growth factor A

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CHOROID; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RABBIT; SCLERA;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CHOROID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; RABBITS; SCLERA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1;

EID: 84880421716     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492013000100002     Document Type: Article

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