Ginsenoside Rb1 protects rat retinal ganglion cells against hypoxia and oxidative stress

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1397-1403

  Liu, Zhaochun ^a   Chen, Juying ^a   Huang, Wendong ^a   Zeng, Zhi ^a   Yang, Yongfei ^a   Zhu, Banghao ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ginsenoside Rb1; Hypoxia; Oxidative stress; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; COBALT CHLORIDE; GINSENOSIDE RB 1; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL HYPOXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXPOSURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COBALT; GINSENOSIDES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84885105308     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2013.1658     Document Type: Article

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