Functional CNTF receptor α subunit restored by its recombinant in corneal endothelial cells in stored human donor corneas: Connexin-43 upregulation

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1801-1807

  Koh, Shay Whey M ^a   Celeste, Jordan ^a   Paul Ku, C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA; CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL EXTRACT; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DEXTRAN; GENTAMICIN; OPTISOL;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DONOR; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; RETINA DEGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MIXTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL EXTRACTS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; COMPLEX MIXTURES; CONNEXIN 43; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; DEXTRANS; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; ORGAN PRESERVATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DONORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 64049100977     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2590     Document Type: Article

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