Activated microglia in the human glaucomatous optic nerve head

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 523-532

  Yuan, Liya ^a   Neufeld, Arthur H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclooxygenase; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Matrix metalloproteinases; TGF ; TNF

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GELATINASE A; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; LYMPHOTOXIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 14; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN C FMS; STROMELYSIN; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR BETA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGLIA; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OPTIC DISK; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, TYPE I; THROMBOSPONDINS; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0035370336     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.1104     Document Type: Article

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