| Literature DB >> 15781068 |
Laura Lenzi1, Marco Coassin, Alessandro Lambiase, Stefano Bonini, Tiziana Amendola, Luigi Aloe.
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NGF is implicated in retinal damage regression. To study whether this is a direct effect or an effect mediated by NGF on other endogenous biological mediators, we investigated the effect of exogenous administration of NGF in RCS rats affected by retinitis pigmentosa. We found that NGF administration exerts a rescue effect on photoreceptors in this animal model. NGF injection enhances brain-derived neurotrophic factor, beta-fibroblast growth factor, transforming growth factor-beta, vascular endothelial factor and neuropeptide-Y. This suggests that NGF has an effect on RCS rat retina, probably also through the stimulation of other biological mediators produced and released in the retina.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID： 15781068 DOI： 10.1016/j.visres.2004.12.020
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vision Res ISSN： 0042-6989 Impact factor: 1.886