Distribution of Myocilin and Extracellular Matrix Components in the Corneoscleral Meshwork of Human Eyes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 4772-4779

  Ueda, Jun ^b   Yue, Beatrice Y J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; DECORIN; ELASTIN; FIBRILLIN; FIBRILLIN 1; FIBRONECTIN; GOLD; HYALURONIC ACID; LAMININ; MICROFIBRIL ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN 1; MYOCILIN; TENASCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERSICAN; VITRONECTIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; ELASTIC FIBER; EMBEDDING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCLERA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

ADULT; AGED; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CORNEA; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERA; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 0142169884     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.02-1002     Document Type: Article

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