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Photoreceptor degeneration is one of the most refractory oculopathy in the world, leading to vision loss in severe cases. Methyprednisolone is one of the most commonly prescribed medications for the treatment of retinal degenerative diseases, either by oral administration or repeated Diabetic neuropathy (DN) is the most common peripheral neuropathy and long-term complication of diabetes. In view of the pathological basis for the treatment of DN, it is important to prevent nerve degeneration. Most of the current treatment strategies are symptomatic therapies. In this study, we
The Harderian glands of rodents manufacture and store porphyrins and are increasingly used as models for porphyrin biosynthesis. Although porphyrins are normally stored as solid intraluminal accretions, interstitial deposits also occur; in the Harderian gland of the female hamster these are found
In this paper, we have investigated the influence of melatonin on the histology and porphyrin content of the Syrian hamster Harderian glands. Daily afternoon injections of 25 micrograms of melatonin to female hamsters for 12 weeks resulted in the discontinuity of estrous cyclicity, a marked decrease
OBJECTIVE
Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is a systemic disease caused by a deficiency of the enzyme uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase, which is the fifth enzyme in the heme biosynthetic pathway. This deficiency prevents porphyrin and its byproducts from producing heme.
METHODS
This case report presents
Molecular sensitization of semiconductor films is an important technology for energy and environmental applications including solar energy conversion, photocatalytic hydrogen production, and water purification. Dye-sensitized films are also scientifically complex and interesting systems with a long
The epithelial derived Harderian gland consists of 2 types of secretory cells. The more numerous type A cells are responsible for the secretion of lipid droplets, while type B cells produce dark granules of multilamellar bodies. The process of autophagy is constitutively active in the Harderian
BACKGROUND
We have investigated whether an acute metabolic damage to astrocytes during the neonatal period may critically disrupt subsequent brain development, leading to neurodevelopmental disorders. Astrocytes are vulnerable to glutaric acid (GA), a dicarboxylic acid that accumulates in millimolar
OBJECTIVE
Evaluate the efficacy of potential therapeutics in Rdh8(-/-)Abca4(-/-) mice, a rodent model of human age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
METHODS
Therapeutic efficacy of several antioxidant agents (ascorbic acid, alpha-lipoic acid, alpha-tocopherol, Mn(III)-tetrakis(4-benzoic
The mechanisms responsible for the accumulation of redox-active brain iron in normal senescence and in Parkinson's disease remain poorly understood. The aminothiol compound cysteamine (CSH) induces the appearance of autofluorescent, iron-rich cytoplasmic granules in cultured astroglia that are
Crystallin proteins are responsible for maintaining lens transparency and allowing the lens to focus light undistorted onto the retina. The α-crystallins are the major lens crystallins, and function as both structural proteins and chaperones to protect all lens proteins from damage leading to lens
A bis-strap porphyrin ligand (1), with an overhanging carboxylic acid group on each side of the macrocycle, has been investigated toward the formation of dynamic libraries of bimetallic complexes with Hg(II), Cd(II), and Pb(II). Highly heteroselective metalation processes occurred in the presence of
Porphyrin functionalized reduced graphene oxide (rGO) is attractive for multi-disciplinary research studies, and its improvements for an rGO-based field effect transistor (rGO-FET) were exploited to realize ultrasensitive biochemical and clinical assay. Although it was believed that the hybrids of
The generation and transfer of electron spin polarization and coherence plays an important role in quantum information technologies and spintronics. In this context, the excited state spin dynamics of molecular systems in which a stable free radical is attached to a chromophore are of particular
The present study shows that under glucose-deprived conditions immunostimulated astrocytes rapidly undergo death due to their increased susceptibility to endogenously produced peroxynitrite. Fe(III)tetrakis(N-methyl-4'-pyridyl)porphyrin (FeTMPyP), but not the structurally related compounds ZnTMPyP