Impact of short-term exposure of commercial eyedrops preserved with benzalkonium chloride on precorneal mucin

Molecular Vision

Volumn 12, Issue , 2006, Pages 415-421

  Chung, So Hyang ^a   Lee, Su Kyung ^a   Cristol, Stephen M ^b   Lee, Eun Suk ^c   Lee, Dong Wook ^d   Seo, Kyoung Yul ^a   Kim, Eung Kweon ^a,e  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Mokdong Yonsei Eye Clinic   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; EYE DROPS; EYE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MUCIN; MUCIN 1; MUCIN 16; OFLOXACIN; PROXYMETACAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DRUG EXPOSURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE INJURY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMOBILIZED CELL; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; CA-125 ANTIGEN; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CORNEA; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUCINS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646035223     PISSN: 10900535     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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