Localization of the stress proteins αB-crystallin and trabecular meshwork inducible glucocorticoid response protein in normal and glaucomatous trabecular meshwork

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 517-525

  Lütjen Drecoll, Elke ^a,e   May, Christian Albrecht ^a   Polansky, Jon R ^b   Johnson, Douglas H ^c   Bloemendal, Hans ^d   Nguyen, Thai D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Univ California S Francisco M   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA LIMBUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; SCHLEMM CANAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; UVEA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRYSTALLINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 0344137578     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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