CD4 positive T helper cells contribute to retinal ganglion cell death in mouse model of ischemia reperfusion injury

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 115, Issue , 2013, Pages 131-139

  Huang, Ping ^a   Huo, Yanjiao ^a   Lou, Lucy X ^b   Li, Hong ^b   Barnstable, Colin J ^b,c   Zhang, Chun ^a   Zhang, Samuel S ^b,c,d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Immune; Ischemia; Neuroprotection; Retinal ganglion cell; Severe combined immunodeficient mice; STAT6; T helper cell

Indexed keywords

STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH2 CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

IMMUNE; ISCHEMIA; NEUROPROTECTION; RETINAL GANGLION CELL; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENT MICE; STAT6; T HELPER CELL;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, SCID; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84882776544     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2013.06.015     Document Type: Article

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