Transforming growth factor beta-1 and beta-2 in human tear fluid

Current Eye Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 605-614

  Gupta, Anurag ^a   Monroy, Dagoberto ^a   Ji, Zhonghua ^a   Yoshino, Kenichi ^a,b   Huang, Andrew ^a   Pflugfelder, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human; Tear proteins; Tears; TGF 1; TGF 2; Transforming growth factor beta (TGF )

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029838521     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713689609008900     Document Type: Article

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