title: Expression of Nogo-A on the retina in rat model with chronic ocular hypertension.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the expressive variation of Nogo-A on rat retina in the process of chronic ocular hypertension.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-six healthy adult male Wistars were randomly divided into control group (6 rats) and chronic hypertension group (30 rats). Chronic hypertension was created by cauterizing the superficial scleral veins. Immunohistochemistry technique was used to evaluate the expressive varieties of Nogo-A at different time points during the course of chronic ocular hypertension.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The success of the model was indicated by over 40% of increase in the IOP as compared with normal rats. Compared with control group, as time passed chronic hypertension group gradually had detectable morphology changes in the retina. At the 21st day of chronic ocular hypertension, retinas became thinner and the quantity of retinal ganglion cells (RGC) decreased (P<0.05). Assoicated with the morphological changes, the expression of Nogo-A was strongly increased (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Myelin associated protein Nogo-A plays a part in the process of chronic ocular hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Shengjing Hospital Affiliated to China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, Liaoning Province, China.
authors.forename: Qing-Zhu
authors.initials: QZ
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.forename: Zhi-Li
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Sha
authors.forename: Dian-Wen
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Gao