Expression of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in human cornea

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 992-994

  Heur, Martin ^a   Chaurasia, Shyam S ^a   Wilson, Steven E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cornea; epithelium; interleukin 1; interleukin 1 receptor; tears; wound healing

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DOWN REGULATION; ENUCLEATION; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LACRIMAL FLUID; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST PROTEIN; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY;

EID: 64849106124     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.11.019     Document Type: Article

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