Down-regulation of Pax6 is associated with abnormal differentiation of corneal epithelial cells in severe ocular surface diseases

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-122

  Li, W ^a,c   Chen, Y T ^a   Hayashida, Y ^a   Blanco, G ^a   Kheirkah, A ^a   He, H ^a   Chen, S Y ^a   Liu, C Y ^b   Tseng, S C G ^a,d  

^a TISSUETECH INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d OCULAR SURFACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea; Epithelium; Pax6; Squamous metaplasia

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; CYTOKERATIN 10; CYTOKERATIN 12; CYTOKERATIN 16; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FILAGGRIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P63; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIRIDIA; ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CHEMICAL BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PANNUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CORNEAL DISEASES; DOWN-REGULATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; KERATIN-12; KERATINS; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; TRANSFECTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 38049018919     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: 10969896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.2256     Document Type: Article

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