Inhibition of transforming growth factor-β-induced cataractous changes in lens explants by ocular media and α2-macroglobulin

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1509-1519

  Schulz, Mark W ^a   Chamberlain, Coral G ^a   McAvoy, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

2 macroglobulin; cataract models; lens epithelium; ocular media; transforming growth factor beta inhibition

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPLANT; LENS CAPSULE; LENS EPITHELIUM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATARACT; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0029745713     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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