The role of connective tissue growth factor, transforming growth factor β 1 and Smad signaling pathway in cornea wound healing

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-62

  Wu, Xin Yi ^a   Yang, Yong Mei ^a   Guo, Hui ^a   Chang, Yuan ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Connective tissue growth factor; Cornea wound healing; Smad signaling pathway; Transforming growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; FLUORESCEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; FIBRONECTIN; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA STROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLIT LAMP; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; CORNEA; GENETICS; INJURY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN TYPE I; CORNEA; FIBRONECTINS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; RABBITS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD PROTEINS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33644967568     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200601010-00010     Document Type: Article

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