Changes in the localization of collagens IV and VIII in corneas obtained from patients with posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 945-952

  Merjava, Stanislava ^a   Liskova, Petra ^a   Sado, Yoshikazu ^c   Davis, Paul F ^d   Greenhill, Nicholas S ^d   Jirsova, Katerina ^a,b  

^a General Teaching Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Shigei Medical Research Institute   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

collagen IV; collagen VIII; cornea; immunohistochemistry; posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 8;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAINING; STROMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; COLLAGEN TYPE VIII; CORNEA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349251191     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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