Immunochemical localization of keratan sulfate proteoglycans in cornea, sclera, and limbus using a keratanase-generated neoepitope monoclonal antibody

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2424-2431

  Akhtar, Saeed ^a,c   Kerr, Briedgeen C ^b   Hayes, Anthony J ^b   Hughes, Clare E ^b   Meek, Keith M ^a   Caterson, Bruce ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; CARBOHYDRATE; DISACCHARIDE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; KERATAN SULFATE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEOGLYCAN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EPITOPE; GLYCOSIDASE; KERATAN SULFATE ENDO 1,4 BETA GALACTOSIDASE; KERATAN-SULFATE ENDO-1,4-BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 6 SULFATE; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE-6-SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CARTILAGE; CORNEA; CORNEA LIMBUS; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCLERA; STAINING; STROMA; SULFATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CORNEA; EPITOPES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATAN SULFATE; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEOGLYCANS; SCLERA;

EID: 47249141616     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-1498     Document Type: Article

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