Cathepsin E immunoreactivity in human ocular tissues: Influence of aging and pathological states

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 135-138

  Bernstein, Hans Gert ^a   Reichenbach, Andreas ^b   Wiederanders, Bernd ^c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigen processing; Cathepsin E; Human eye; Protein metabolism; Retina

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN E;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; EMBRYO; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; EYE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MALE; MUELLER CELL; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; SCHOOL CHILD; VITREOUS BODY;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; CATHEPSIN E; CATHEPSINS; CHILD; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA;

EID: 0032535975     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00946-4     Document Type: Article

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