Table 3

Lamina cribrosa cell and ONH astrocyte responses to recovery following oxygen-glucose deprivation.

Lamina cribrosa cells

ONH astrocytes


Cell Number

80 % survival

80 % survival

NT Expression

↑ BDNF; others near control levels

↑ NGF

Trk Expression

↓ Trk A, ↓ Trk C

↑ Trk A

Phospho-Trk Expression

↓ 148 kDa isoform; others near control levels

↑ 120 kDa isoform (Trk A); ↓ 148 kDa isoform

Secretion of NTs

near control levels

↓ BDNF


Lambert et al. BMC Neuroscience 2004 5:51   doi:10.1186/1471-2202-5-51

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