New perspectives in aqueous humor secretion and in glaucoma: The ciliary body as a multifunctional neuroendocrine gland

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-262

  Coca Prados, Miguel ^a   Escribano, Julio ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Castilla La Mancha   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; CYTOCHROME P450; ENZYME; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; MUTANT PROTEIN; MYOCILIN; NEUROENDOCRINE SPECIFIC PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; AQUEOUS HUMOR FORMATION; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; CILIARY BODY; CILIARY BODY EPITHELIUM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYP1B1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MYOC GENE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETINA ROD; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASES; CILIARY BODY; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLAUCOMA; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 33947636687     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2007.01.002     Document Type: Review

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