The function of VEGF-A in lens development: Formation of the hyaloid capillary network and protection against transient nuclear cataracts

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 270-276

  Garcia, Claudia M ^a   Shui, Ying Bo ^a   Kamath, Meera ^a   DeVillar, Justin ^a   Johnson, Randall S ^b   Gerber, Hans Peter ^c   Ferrara, Napoleone ^c   Robinson, Michael L ^d   Beebe, David C ^a  

^a Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior pupillary membrane; HIF 1; hyaloid vascular system; lens growth; nuclear cataract; tunica vasculosa lentis; vascular regression; VEGF A

Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GROWTH RETARDATION; LENS; LENS CAPSULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; VERTEBRATE; WILD TYPE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; CATARACT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 61849146995     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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