Identification of a neuropeptide and neuropeptide-processing enzymes in aqueous humor confers neuroendocrine features to the human ocular ciliary epithelium

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 787-796

  Ortego, Javier ^a   Escribano, Julio ^a,c   Crabb, John ^b   Coca Prados, Miguel ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Adirondack Biomedical Research Institute Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aqueous humor; Ciliary epithelium; Neuropeptide; Processing enzymes

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; AQUEOUS HUMOR FORMATION; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CILIARY BODY EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030060915     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66020787.x     Document Type: Article

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