Human optic nerve head astrocytes as a target for endothelin-1

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2704-2713

  Prasanna, Ganesh ^a   Krishnamoorthy, Raghu ^a   Clark, Abbot F ^a   Wordinger, Robert J ^a   Yorio, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EYE BLOOD FLOW; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TARGET CELL; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTROCYTES; CALCIUM; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; ENDOTHELIN-1; HUMANS; OPTIC DISK; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN A; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN B; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0036319656     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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