Diabetic retinopathy: Could the alpha-1 antitrypsin be a therapeutic option?

Biological Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ortiz, Gustavo ^a,c   Salica, Juan P ^a   Chuluyan, Eduardo H ^b,c   Gallo, Juan E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alpha 1 antitrypsin; Diabetes; Diabetic retinopathy; Endogenous anti inflammatory agents; NF kB; Retinal inflammation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; AUTACOID; FREE RADICAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTECTIVE AGENT; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL MOTION; CHEMOTAXIS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; NEUTROPHILS; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RECEPTORS, PROTEINASE-ACTIVATED; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84988822501     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/0717-6287-47-58     Document Type: Review

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