Stimulatory effect of pseudomonal elastase on collagen degradation by cultured keratocytes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1247-1253

  Nagano, T ^a   Hao, J L ^a   Nakamura, M ^a   Kumagai, N ^a   Abe, M ^a   Nakazawa, T ^a   Nishida, T ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; ELASTASE; EXOTOXIN; HYDROXYPROLINE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; CORNEA CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RABBIT; SUPERNATANT; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; CULTURE MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXOTOXINS; FIBROBLASTS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RABBITS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 0035042061     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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