Intravitreal injection of lipoamino acid-modified connexin43 mimetic peptide enhances neuroprotection after retinal ischemia

Ying-Shan Chen; Colin R Green; Rebecca Teague; Joshua Perrett; Helen V Danesh-Meyer; Istvan Toth; Ilva D Rupenthal

Journal article

Intravitreal injection of lipoamino acid-modified connexin43 mimetic peptide enhances neuroprotection after retinal ischemia

Ying-Shan Chen, Colin R Green, Rebecca Teague, Joshua Perrett, Helen V Danesh-Meyer, Istvan Toth, Ilva D Rupenthal

Drug Delivery and Translational Research | SPRINGER HEIDELBERG | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1007/s13346-015-0249-8

University of Melbourne Researchers

Helen Danesh-Meyer Author Surgery - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Grants

Awarded by Auckland Medical Research Foundation

Awarded by Health Research Council of New Zealand

Funding Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Professor Toth's group for their support during the synthesis and modification of the Cx43 MP. We acknowledge the Auckland Medical Research Foundation (1210003) for the financial support in the form of a doctoral scholarship for Ying-Shan Chen and the Buchanan Charitable Foundation and the Health Research Council of New Zealand (13/692 and 14/018) for their financial support.