Does the aqueous humor have a role in mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) intracellular signaling in Glaucoma?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 299-302

  Beit Yannai, E ^a   Shmulevich, A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OXYGEN;

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CILIARY BODY; CORNEA; DISEASE MODEL; GLAUCOMA; HYPOTHESIS; LENS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; CELL COMMUNICATION; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHORYLATION;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33845285193     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.05.067     Document Type: Article

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