Signaling pathways in morphogenesis of cornea and eyelid

Ocular Surface

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-23

  Kao, Winston W Y ^a   Xia, Ying ^a   Liu, Chia Yang ^a   Saika, Shizuya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cornea morphogenesis; Embryogenesis; Eyelid morphogenesis; Ocular surface morphogenesis; Signaling pathways; Transforming growth factor; Transgenic mouse model

Indexed keywords

ADAM PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HEPARIN BINDING EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE 1; MYELOPID; PROTEIN C JUN; SMAD PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA CONVERTING ENZYME; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORNEA; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYELID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MESENCHYME CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; ORGANOGENESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; EYELIDS; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 44249095655     PISSN: 15420124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1542-0124(12)70102-7     Document Type: Review

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