Effects of riboflavin/UVA corneal cross-linking on keratocytes and collagen fibres in human cornea

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-56

  Mencucci, Rita ^a   Marini, Mirca ^b   Paladini, Iacopo ^a   Sarchielli, Erica ^b   Sgambati, Eleonora ^c   Menchini, Ugo ^a   Vannelli, Gabriella B ^b  

^a Eye Clinic   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collagen fibre; Human cornea; Keratocyte; Riboflavin UVA corneal cross linking

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; KI 67 ANTIGEN; POLY(ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE); RIBOFLAVIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA STROMA; CROSS LINKING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KERATOCONUS; NICK END LABELING; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD34; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; KI-67 ANTIGEN; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77950948624     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02207.x     Document Type: Article

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