TGF-β2 increases α-smooth muscle actin expression in bovine retinal pigment epithelial cells

Current Eye Research

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1144-1147

  Kurosaka, Daijiro ^a   Muraki, Yasuhide ^a   Inoue, Makoto ^a   Katsura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha smooth muscle actin; Bovine (cattle); Myofibroblast; Proliferative vitreoretinopathy; Retinal pigment epithelial cells; Transforming growth factor (TGF )

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOSE RESPONSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA CELL; VITREORETINOPATHY;

EID: 0029905570     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713689608995147     Document Type: Article

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