Dexamethasone inhibits trabecular cell retraction

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 675-688

  Timothy O'Brien, E ^a   Perkins, Stephen L ^a   Roberts, Bruce C ^a   Epstein, David L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium chelators; cell junctions; cell shape; cytochalasin B; dexamethasone; endothelial cells; ethacrynic acid; trabecular meshwork cell

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYPROPYL BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; CYTOCHALASIN B; DEXAMETHASONE; EGTAZIC ACID; ETACRYNIC ACID; F ACTIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHLEMM CANAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 0342854256     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0078     Document Type: Article

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