Upregulation of Glutamate-Aspartate Transporter by Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Ameliorates Cell Apoptosis in Neural Retina in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats.

CONCLUSIONS: GDNF, administrated at the early stage of diabetes, could rescue retinal cells from neurodegeneration by upregulating the expression of GLAST. PMID: 23870489 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23870489?dopt=Abstract

Source: CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics - July 22, 2013 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Wang L, Deng QQ, Wu XH, Yu J, Yang XL, Zhong YM Tags: CNS Neurosci Ther Source Type: research