Effects of Multipurpose Solutions (MPS) for Hydrogel Contact Lenses on Gap-Junctional Intercellular Communication (GJIC) in Rabbit Corneal Keratocytes

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 57-64

  Sumide, Taizo ^a   Tsuchiya, Toshie ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; Gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC); Metabolic cooperation assay (MC assay); Multipurpose solution (MPS); Scrape loading and dye transfer (SLDT assay)

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; CELLS; ENZYME INHIBITION; HYDROGELS; PROTEINS; VISION;

GAP JUNCTION INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATION (GJIC);

CONTACT LENSES;

CONNEXIN 43; CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; DISINFECTANT AGENT; POLOXAMER; POLOXAMINE 908;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; GAP JUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT;

EID: 0345169014     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.10510     Document Type: Article

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