Effects of long-term passive smoking on vascular endothelial growth factor and apoptosis markers expression in lens and corneal epithelial cells: An experimental study

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 843-848

  Özcura, Fatih ^a   Oruç Dündar, Sema ^b   Meteoǧlu, Ibrahim ^b   Kara, Mehmet Erkut ^b  

^a DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cornea; Lens; Smoking; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CASPASE-3; CORNEAL EPITHELIAL CELLS; DRY EYE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FEMALE RAT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LENS EPITHELIAL CELLS; MANN-WHITNEY U TEST; PASSIVE SMOKING; SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS; SURFACE VESSELS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR;

BIOACTIVITY; CELL DEATH; CONTACT LENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PEPTIDES; RATS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

ENDOTHELIAL CELLS;

CASPASE 3; PROTEIN BCL X; PROTEIN P53; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRY EYE; ENUCLEATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANK SUM TEST; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

EID: 73649139624     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/sag-0902-12     Document Type: Article

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