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SUBMITTER: Lebrun-Julien F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2840442 | biostudies-other | 2010 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Lebrun-Julien Frédéric F Bertrand Mathieu J MJ De Backer Olivier O Stellwagen David D Morales Carlos R CR Di Polo Adriana A Barker Philip A PA
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20100203 8
Neurotrophin binding to the p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75(NTR)) activates neuronal apoptosis following adult central nervous system injury, but the underlying cellular mechanisms remain poorly defined. In this study, we show that the proform of nerve growth factor (proNGF) induces death of retinal ganglion cells in adult rodents via a p75(NTR)-dependent signaling mechanism. Expression of p75(NTR) in the adult retina is confined to Müller glial cells; therefore we tested the hypothesis that proN ...[more]