Abnormal epithelial differentiation and tear film alteration in pinguecula

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2710-2715

  Dong, Nuo ^a,b   Li, Wei ^a   Lin, Hui ^a,b   Wu, Huping ^a   Li, Cheng ^a   Chen, Wensheng ^a   Qin, Wenjuan ^a   Quyang, Luowa ^a   Wang, Hua ^a   Liu, Zuguo ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 10; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 16; CYTOKERATIN 19; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MUCIN 5AC; PROTEIN P63; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; CKAP4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; KERATIN TYPE I; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUC5AC PROTEIN, HUMAN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACRIMATION; MALE; METAPLASIA; PINGUECULA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHIRMER TEST; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TEAR FILM; TEAR FILM BREAK UP TIME; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONJUNCTIVA; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LACRIMAL FLUID; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; KERATINS, TYPE I; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCIN 5AC; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TEARS;

EID: 66849097320     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2905     Document Type: Article

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