Expression of VSX1 in human corneal keratocytes during differentiation into myofibroblasts in response to wound healing

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5243-5250

  Barbaro, Vanessa ^a   Di Iorio, Enzo ^a   Ferrari, Stefano ^a   Bisceglia, Luigi ^b   Ruzza, Alessandro ^a   De Luca, Michele ^a,c   Pellegrini, Graziella ^a,c  

^a The Veneto Eye Bank Foundation   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; COLLAGENASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HYALURONIDASE; KERATOCAN; ACTIN; EYE PROTEIN; KERA PROTEIN, HUMAN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEOGLYCAN; VSX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CORNEA CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATOCONUS; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VISUAL SYSTEM; WOUND HEALING; CORNEA STROMA; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTINS; ANTIGENS, CD34; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEAL STROMA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EYE PROTEINS; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROTEOGLYCANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34248208109     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0185     Document Type: Article

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