Dynamics of the expression of intermediate filaments vimentin and desmin during myofibroblast differentiation after corneal injury

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-139

  Chaurasia, Shyam S ^a   Kaur, Harmeet ^a   de Medeiros, Fabricio W ^a,b   Smith, Scott D ^c   Wilson, Steven E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

SMA; myofibroblasts; photorefractive keratectomy (PRK); vimentin and desmin; wound healing

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA INJURY; FEMALE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; WOUND HEALING;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CORNEA; DESMIN; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; RABBITS; VIMENTIN; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 67650451079     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2009.02.022     Document Type: Article

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