Ultrastructure and fluid flow physiology of fetal trabecular meshwork cells

Current Eye Research

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 849-856

  Lee, On Tat ^a   Wong, Joshua ^a   Liepmann, Dorian ^b   Lang, Tess ^a   Lin, Shan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal; Hydraulic conductivity; Trabecular meshwork; Ultrastructure; ZO 1

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1;

ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS CELL; FLUID FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROVILLUS; MITOCHONDRION; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WATER; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELLS, CULTURED; DEXAMETHASONE; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 53849130299     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680802429210     Document Type: Article

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