Transforming growth factor β isoforms in human optic nerve heads

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-218

  Pena, Janethe D O ^a   Taylor, Andrew W ^a,b   Ricard, Cynthia S ^a   Vidal, Ivonne ^a,c   Hernandez, M Rosario ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL CULTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPERNATANT;

EID: 0033006458     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.2.209     Document Type: Article

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