Regulation of paracrine cytokine balance controlling collagenase synthesis by corneal cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 546-552

  Strissel, Katherine J ^a   Rinehart, William B ^a   Fini, M Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cell density; collagenase; cornea; epithelium; interleukin 1

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGENASES; CORNEA; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CYTOKINES; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; INTERLEUKIN-1; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0031045650     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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