Freeze-fracture examination of cultured human trabecular meshwork cells: Effect of dexamethasone

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 82, Issue 6 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 994-1001

  McCartney, Mitchell D ^a   Cantu Crouch, David ^a   Clark, Abbot F ^a  

^a ALCON RESEARCH LTD   (United States)

Author keywords

cell culture; freeze fracture; gap junction; glaucoma; glucocorticoid; trabecular meshwork; vesicles

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FILTER; FREEZE FRACTURE; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 33646174915     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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