Expression in human ocular surface tissues of the GalNAc-transferases that initiate mucin-type O-glycosylation

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1193-1199

  Imbert, Yoannis ^a,b   Jumblatt, Marcia M ^b   Foulks, Gary N ^b   Couzin, Erica G ^a   Steele, Pamela S ^b   Young Jr , William W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Brush cytology; Dry eye disease; Glycosyltransferase; Mucin; O linked glycosylation

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; MUCIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; POLYPEPTIDE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CYTOLOGY; DRY EYE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MUCINS; N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33845792924     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000240099.16420.17     Document Type: Article

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