The Fas-Fas ligand system and other modulators of apoptosis in the cornea

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1582-1593

  Wilson, Steven E ^a,b   Li, Qian ^b   Weng, Jian ^b   Barry Lane, Patricia A ^b   Jester, James V ^b   Liang, Qianwa ^a   Wordinger, Robert J ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; cornea; Fas; Fas ligand; interleukin 1 converting enzyme

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; FAS ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA STROMA; ETIOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; CASPASE 1; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA DAMAGE; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EPITHELIUM; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029777465     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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