Subthreshold UV radiation-induced peroxide formation in cultured corneal epithelial cells: The protective effects of lactoferrin

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 519-526

  Shimmura, Shigeto ^a   Suematsu, Makoto ^a   Shimoyama, Masaru ^a   Tsubota, Kazuo ^b   Oguchi, Yoshihisa ^a   Ishimura, Yuzuru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

catalase; corneal epithelium; deferoxamine; hydrogen peroxide; lactoferrin; oxidative stress; peroxidase; superoxide dismutase; tears; ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; DEFEROXAMINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTOFERRIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0030296240     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0142     Document Type: Article

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