Cross-linked actin networks (CLANs) in the trabecular meshwork of the normal and glaucomatous human eye in situ

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1255-1263

  Hoare, Mary Jo ^a   Grierson, Ian ^a   Brotchie, Daniel ^a   Pollock, Natalie ^a   Cracknell, Kathy ^a   Clark, Abbot F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; ACTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKED ACTIN NETWORK; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; ORGAN CULTURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE CULTURE; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; METABOLISM; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA;

ACTINS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 62649143296     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2706     Document Type: Article

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