Effects of organ culture and optisol-GS storage on structural integrity, phenotypes, and apoptosis in cultured corneal epithelium

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 5484-5493

  Raeder, Sten ^a   Utheim, Tor P ^a   Utheim, Øygunn A ^a   Nicolaissen, Bjørn ^a   Roald, Borghild ^a   Cai, Yiqing ^a   Haug, Kristiane ^a   Kvalheim, Anders ^a   Messelt, Edvard B ^a   Drolsum, Liv ^a   Reed, John C ^c   Lyberg, Torstein ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCL2 RELATED PROTEIN A1; CASPASE 3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NEURONAL APOPTOSIS INHIBITORY PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; DEXTRAN; GENTAMICIN; OPTISOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BCL2A1 GENE; BIRC1 GENE; CARD6 GENE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NICK END LABELING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UPREGULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG MIXTURE; EYEBANK; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASPASE 3; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; COMPLEX MIXTURES; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; DEXTRANS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE BANKS; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 38549097663     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0494     Document Type: Article

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