Protective effects of resveratrol in experimental retinal detachment.

Oxidative stress is one of the major factors that trigger photoreceptor apoptosis. To investigate whether resveratrol, a potent antioxidant and small molecule activator of the FoxO pathway, would be neuroprotective against photoreceptor cell death in a rodent model of retinal detachment.Retinal deta...

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Main Authors: Wei Huang, Guorong Li, Jianming Qiu, Pedro Gonzalez, Pratap Challa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3770540?pdf=render