Expression of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α and 2α in choroidal neovascular membranes associated with age-related macular degeneration [11]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1720-1721

  Inoue, Yuji ^a   Yanagi, Yasuo ^a   Matsuura, Kyosuke ^a   Takahashi, Hidenori ^a   Tamaki, Yasuhiro ^a   Araie, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; UPREGULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MEMBRANES; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 36749064539     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.111583     Document Type: Letter

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