Fibroblast growth factor reversal of the corneal myofibroblast phenotype

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2490-2495

  Maltseva, O ^a   Folger, P ^a   Zekaria, D ^a   Petridou, S ^a   Masur, S K ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CADHERIN; CONNEXIN 43; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HEPARIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORNEA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; CORNEA; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FIBROBLASTS; HEPARIN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0034787947     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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