Neuroprotective effects of exogenous erythropoietin in Wistar rats by downregulating apoptotic factors to attenuate N-methyl-D-aspartate-mediated retinal ganglion cells death

• Wen-Sheng Cheng,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Pharmacy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Research and Development, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

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• I-Hung Lin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Kathy Ming Feng,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Zhi-Yang Chang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation BASF Taiwan Ltd., Pharma Solution, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Yu Chuan Huang ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: p310849@ms23.hinet.net (D-WL); yuh@mail.ndmctsgh.edu.tw (YCH)

  Affiliations School of Pharmacy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Research and Development, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9267

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• Da-Wen Lu

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: p310849@ms23.hinet.net (D-WL); yuh@mail.ndmctsgh.edu.tw (YCH)

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Ophthalmology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

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