Physiological role of collagen XVIII and endostatin

FASEB Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 716-728

  Marneros, Alexander G ^a   Olsen, Bjorn R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Basement membrane; Heparan sulfate proteoglycan; Hydrocephalus; Retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 18; ENDOSTATIN; HEPARAN SULFATE; LAMININ; PERLECAN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONSANGUINITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENCEPHALOCELE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; KNOBLOCH SYNDROME; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; VISION; VITREORETINAL DEGENERATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLINDNESS; CILIARY BODY; COLLAGEN TYPE XVIII; ENCEPHALOCELE; ENDOSTATINS; HEPARAN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS; HEPARITIN SULFATE; HUMANS; IRIS; LAMININ; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL VESSELS; SYNDROME;

EID: 18144404148     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.04-2134rev     Document Type: Review

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