Retinal structure and function preservation by polysaccharides of wolfberry in a mouse model of retinal degeneration

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wang, Ke ^a   Xiao, Jia ^a,b   Peng, Bo ^a   Xing, Feiyue ^b   So, Kwok Fai ^a,b   Tipoe, George L ^a   Lin, Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; LYCIUM; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE PROTEINS; LYCIUM; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POLYSACCHARIDES; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 84948464997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07601     Document Type: Article

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