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Zinc-desferrioxamine attenuates retinal degeneration in the rd10 mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa.
Free radical biology & medicine - 15 Oct 2011
Obolensky Alexey, Berenshtein Eduard, Lederman Michal, Bulvik Baruch, Alper-Pinus Ruslana, Yaul Ruth, Deleon Efrat, Chowers Itay, Chevion Mordechai, Banin Eyal
Abstract excerpt
Iron-associated oxidative injury plays a role in retinal degeneration such as age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. The metallo-complex zinc-desferrioxamine (Zn/DFO) may ameliorate such injury by chelation of labile iron in combination with release of zinc. We explored whether Zn/DFO can affect the course of retinal degeneration in the rd10 mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa. Zn/DFO-treated...
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