Effects of elevated pressure on prostanoid receptor gene expression levels in human trabecular meshwork

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 314-318

  Schneemann, Andrea ^a   Hoyng, Philip F J ^a,b   Kamphuis, Willem ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anterior segment perfusion; Prostaglandins; Quantitative real time PCR; Stretch; Trabecular meshwork

Indexed keywords

PROSTANOID RECEPTOR;

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN E; RECEPTORS, THROMBOXANE; TIME FACTORS; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 0036967887     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065606     Document Type: Article

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