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Retinal cAMP levels during the progression of retinal degeneration in rhodopsin P23H and S334ter transgenic rats.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 May 2002
Traverso Valerie, Bush Ronald A, Sieving Paul A, Deretic Dusanka
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PURPOSE: To test whether high levels of cAMP promote apoptosis and shorten the life of retinal rod photoreceptors, the changes in cAMP levels during retinal degeneration were analyzed in two transgenic rat models that express rhodopsin P23H and S334ter mutations. METHODS: Dark- and light-adapted heterozygous P23H (lines 1 and 3; P23H-1 and -3), S334ter line 4 (S334ter-4), and Sprague-Dawley (control) rats were...
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