Taurine provides neuroprotection against retinal ganglion cell degeneration.

Taurine provides neuroprotection against retinal ganglion cell degeneration.

Retinal ganglion cell (RGC) degeneration occurs in numerous retinal diseases leading to blindness, either as a primary process like in glaucoma, or secondary to photoreceptor loss. However, no commercial drug is yet directly targeting RGCs for their neuroprotection. In the 70s, taurine, a small sulf...

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Main Authors: Nicolas Froger, Lucia Cadetti, Henri Lorach, Joao Martins, Alexis-Pierre Bemelmans, Elisabeth Dubus, Julie Degardin, Dorothée Pain, Valérie Forster, Laurent Chicaud, Ivana Ivkovic, Manuel Simonutti, Stéphane Fouquet, Firas Jammoul, Thierry Léveillard, Ryad Benosman, José-Alain Sahel, Serge Picaud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3480351?pdf=render

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