CNTF-mediated protection of photoreceptors requires initial activation of the cytokine receptor gp130 in Müller glial cells

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 47, 2013, Pages

  Rhee, Kun Do ^a   Nusinowitz, Steven ^a   Chao, Kevin ^a   Yu, Fei ^a   Bok, Dean ^a,b   Yang, Xian Jie ^a,c  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Neurobiology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ENDOTHELIN 2; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 130; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OPSIN; RECOMBINANT CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RHODOPSIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; MOUSE; MUELLER CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TARGET CELL; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR GP130; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPENDYMOGLIAL CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENTIVIRUS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84888117435     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1303604110     Document Type: Article

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