Denervation of rabbit lacrimal gland increases levels of transferrin and unidentified tear proteins of 44 and 36 kDa

Current Eye Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 455-466

  Salvatore, Michael F ^a,b   Pedroza, Lia ^a   Beuerman, Roger W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Denervation; Lacrimal gland; Rabbit; Sensory; Tear protein; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

TEAR PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LACRIMAL FLUID; LACRIMAL GLAND; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DENERVATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; EYE PROTEINS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RABBITS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0032988773     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.18.6.455.5270     Document Type: Article

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