Altered expression of nNOS/NIDD in the retina of a glaucoma model of DBA/2J mice and the intervention by nNOS inhibition

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-56

  Chen, Chen ^a   Xu, Yue ^a   Zhang, Jindi ^a   Zhu, Juming ^a   Zhang, Junfang ^a   Hu, Nan ^a   Guan, Huaijin ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DBA 2J; Glaucoma; NIDD; nNOS; RGCs

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NIDD PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GLAUCOMA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS ATROPHY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; RETINAL THICKNESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLIT LAMP; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPENDYMOGLIAL CELLS; GLAUCOMA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; OPTIC NERVE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84882274169     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-012-9943-x     Document Type: Article

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