Air exposure-induced squamous metaplasia of human limbal epithelium

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 154-162

  Li, Wei ^a,b   Hayashida, Yasutaka ^a   Chen, Ying Ting ^a   He, Hua ^a   Tseng, David Y ^a   Alonso, Morgan ^a   Chen, Szu Yu ^a   Xi, Nghua ^a   Tseng, Scheffer C G ^a,c  

^a TISSUETECH INC   (United States)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c OCULAR SURFACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 METHYLSULFINYLPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; ENZYME INHIBITOR; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

AIR; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; METAPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY;

3T3 CELLS; AIR; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-ALPHA; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-BETA; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; LIMBUS CORNEAE; METAPLASIA; MICE; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PYRIDINES; STEM CELLS;

EID: 39549090013     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0883     Document Type: Article

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