Metanx and early stages of diabetic retinopathy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 647-653

  Liu, Haitao ^a,b   Tang, Jie ^a   Allen Lee, Chieh ^a   Kern, Timothy S ^a,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Inflammation; Metanx; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; FOLIC ACID; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEME OXYGENASE 1; I KAPPA B; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; ISOPHANE INSULIN; LUCIGENIN; MECOBALAMIN; METHYLFOLATE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; STREPTOZOCIN; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYANOCOBALAMIN; I KAPPA B BETA; METANX; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOSTASIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA NERVE CELL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VISION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CLASSIFICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FOLIC ACID; I-KAPPA B PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; LEUKOSTASIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; RETINAL VESSELS; SUPEROXIDES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84961291238     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-15220     Document Type: Article

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