Transforming growth factor-β1 induces α-smooth muscle-actin expression in cultured human and monkey trabecular meshwork

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 389-398

  Tamm, Ernst R ^a,b   Siegner, Axel ^a   Baur, Angelika ^a   Lütjen Drecoll, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Human eye; Monkey eye; Trabecular meshwork; Transforming growth factor 1; smooth muscle actin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; RECOMBINANT TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MONKEY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 0029936704     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0044     Document Type: Article

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