Pax6 overexpression suppresses cell proliferation and retards the cell cycle in corneal epithelial cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2397-2407

  Ouyang, Jie ^a,b   Shen, Ying Cheng ^c   Yeh, Lung Kun ^d   Li, Wei ^a   Coyle, Brad M ^a   Liu, Chia Yang ^a   Fini, M Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOXYCYCLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; CASP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CASPASE; CASPASE 3; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GROWTH CURVE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RABBIT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VECTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; RABBITS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33745639275     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-1083     Document Type: Article

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