Immunohistochemical characterization of cytokeratins in the abnormal corneal endothelium of posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy patients

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 680-686

  Jirsova, Katerina ^a,b   Merjava, Stanislava ^b   Martincova, Radka ^b   Gwilliam, Rhian ^c   Ebenezer, Neil D ^d   Liskova, Petra ^b,d   Filipec, Martin ^a,b,e  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague   (Czech Republic)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Eye Clinic Lexum   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

cytokeratins; endothelium; immunohistochemistry; posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 1; CYTOKERATIN 10; CYTOKERATIN 12; CYTOKERATIN 13; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 15; CYTOKERATIN 16; CYTOKERATIN 17; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 2E; CYTOKERATIN 3; CYTOKERATIN 4; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; CYTOKERATIN 7; CYTOKERATIN 8; CYTOKERATIN 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; ORBIT GRANULOMA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; KERATINS, TYPE I; KERATINS, TYPE II; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 33947095039     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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