The role of αA-crystallin in experimental autoimmune uveitis

Current Molecular Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 558-564

  Wang, L ^a,b,c   Zhang, L ^a   Wang, Z F ^b,d   Huang, Z X ^a,b,c   Hu, X ^a,b,c   Gong, L ^a   Tang, X ^a   Liu, F ^a   Luo, Z ^a   Ji, W ^b   Hu, W F ^b,c   Woodward, Z ^b   Zhu, J ^d   Liu, Y Z ^a   Nguyen, Q D ^b   Li, D W C ^a,b,c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Experimental autoimmune uveitis; Gene therapy; Uveitis; A crystallin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MEMBRANE LIPID; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE UVEITIS; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; MITOCHONDRION; NITRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TUNEL ASSAY; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; RETINA; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; UVEITIS;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN A CHAIN; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CYTOCHROMES C; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; UVEITIS;

EID: 84940947013     PISSN: 15665240     EISSN: 18755666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1566524015666150731101146     Document Type: Article

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