Myeloid-Specific Blockade of Notch Signaling Attenuates Choroidal Neovascularization through Compromised Macrophage Infiltration and Polarization in Mice

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Dou, Guo Rui ^a   Li, Na ^a,b   Chang, Tian Fang ^a,b   Zhang, Ping ^b   Gao, Xiang ^a   Yan, Xian Chun ^b   Liang, Liang ^b   Han, Hua ^b   Wang, Yu Sheng ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOTCH RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL; BONE MARROW CELL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL MOTION; DISEASE MODEL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYELOID CELLS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84975706929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep28617     Document Type: Article

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