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Inhibitory peptide of mitochondrial μ-calpain protects against photoreceptor degeneration in rhodopsin transgenic S334ter and P23H rats.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Ozaki Taku, Ishiguro Sei-ichi, Hirano Satoshi, Baba Ayaka, Yamashita Tetsuro, Tomita Hiroshi, Nakazawa Mitsuru
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial μ-calpain and apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF)-dependent photoreceptor cell death has been seen in several rat and mouse models of retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Previously, we demonstrated that the specific peptide inhibitor of mitochondrial μ-calpain, Tat-µCL, protected against retinal degeneration following intravitreal injection or topical eye-drop application in Mertk gene-mutated Royal College of...
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