Taurine Provides Neuroprotection against Retinal Ganglion Cell Degeneration

Retinal ganglion cell (RGC) degeneration occurs in numerous retinal diseases leading to blindness, either as a primary process like in glaucoma, or secondary to photoreceptor loss. However, no commercial drug is yet directly targeting RGCs for their neuroprotection. In the 70s, taurine, a small sulf...

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Autores principales: Froger, Nicolas, Cadetti, Lucia, Lorach, Henri, Martins, Joao, Bemelmans, Alexis-Pierre, Dubus, Elisabeth, Degardin, Julie, Pain, Dorothée, Forster, Valérie, Chicaud, Laurent, Ivkovic, Ivana, Simonutti, Manuel, Fouquet, Stéphane, Jammoul, Firas, Léveillard, Thierry, Benosman, Ryad, Sahel, José-Alain, Picaud, Serge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3480351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23115615
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042017

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3480351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23115615
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042017

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