Nerve growth factor modulates in vitro the expression and release of TGF-β1 by amniotic membrane

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 244, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 485-491

  Coassin, Marco ^a   Lambiase, Alessandro ^a,b   Micera, Alessandra ^a,b   Tirassa, Paola ^c   Aloe, Luigi ^c   Bonini, Stefano ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Amniotic membrane transplantation; Nerve growth factor; Transforming growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P75; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

AMNION; CULTURE MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 33645779507     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-0098-0     Document Type: Article

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