Mucocutaneous junction of eyelid and lip: A study of the transition zone using epithelial cell markers

Current Eye Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 912-922

  Riau, Andri K ^a   Barathi, Veluchamy A ^a   Beuerman, Roger W ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Cytokeratin; Labial mucosa; Mucocutaneous junction; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; CYTOKERATIN 1; CYTOKERATIN 10; CYTOKERATIN 13; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 4; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; FILAGGRIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INVOLUCRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYELID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIP; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONNEXIN 43; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; EYELIDS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KERATINS; LIP; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SKIN; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 57649121614     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680802485147     Document Type: Article

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