Retinal and choroidal TGF-β in the tree shrew model of myopia: Isoform expression, activation and effects on function

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 458-466

  Jobling, Andrew Ian ^a   Wan, Ran ^a   Gentle, Alex ^a   Bui, Bang Viet ^a   McBrien, Neville Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

choroid; myopia; retina; retinoscleral cascade; TGF

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANDENTIA;

ANIMALS; CHOROID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; MYOPIA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RETINA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 61549094358     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.10.022     Document Type: Article

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