Spatiotemporal changes in NFATc4 expression of retinal ganglion cells after light-induced damage

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-77

  Xu, Yue ^a   Yang, Lu ^a   Yu, Shanshan ^a   Shu, Qinmeng ^b   Yang, Cheng ^c   Wang, Jiawei ^a   Xu, Fan ^a   Sang, Aimin ^d   Liang, Xiaoling ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EYE AND ENT HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^d NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Light induced retinal damage; NFATc4; Rat; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; FAS LIGAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFATC4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INJURY; RETINA NERVE CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RADIATION RESPONSE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; LIGHT; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 84899961238     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-013-0198-y     Document Type: Article

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