Transforming growth factor-β - Stimulated connective tissue growth factor expression during corneal myofibroblast differentiation

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2534-2541

  Folger, P A ^a   Zekaria, D ^a   Grotendorst, G ^a   Masur, S K ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; GRANULATION TISSUE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEA; DOWN-REGULATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; RABBITS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0034796416     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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