Expression of basic fibroblast growth factor in rabbit corneal alkali wounds in the presence and absence of granulocytes

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 374-378

  Gan, Lisha ^a   Fagerholm, Per ^a   Palmblad, Jan ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alkali burn; Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF); Cornea; Granulocyte; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FUCOIDIN; SELECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA LIMBUS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GOBLET CELL; GRANULOCYTE FUNCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; EYE BURNS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GRANULOCYTES; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; POLYSACCHARIDES; RABBITS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 21044431657     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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