Rac1 activates HIF-1 in laser induced choroidal neovascularization

International Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-18

  Zhang, Peng ^a   Zhang, Xing ^b   Fan, Jiang Li ^a   Hao, Xiao Feng ^c   Wang, Yu Sheng ^a   Hui, Yan Nian ^a   Hu, Dan ^a   Zhou, Jian ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Animal study; Choroidal neovascularisation; Growth factor; Molecular biology; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894666956     PISSN: 22223959     EISSN: 22274898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2011.01.03     Document Type: Article

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