Expression of fibroblast activation proteins in corneal stromal neovascularization

Current Eye Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-117

  Wang, Ting ^a,b   Shi, Weiyun ^b  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b SHANDONG EYE INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Corneal neovascularization; Corneal stroma; Factor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; FIBROBLAST ACTIVATION PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA STROMA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WISTAR RAT;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD31; CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEAL STROMA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GELATINASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 60749091228     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680802607732     Document Type: Article

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