The role of Müller glia and microglia in glaucoma

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 353, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 339-345

  Seitz, Roswitha ^a   Ohlmann, Andreas ^a   Tamm, Ernst R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Microglia; M ller glia; Neuroprotection; Retina

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EXCITOTOXICITY; GLAUCOMA; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICROGLIA; MUELLER CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EPENDYMOGLIAL CELLS; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH; HUMANS; MICROGLIA;

EID: 84880783029     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-013-1666-y     Document Type: Review

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