Molecular mechanism of proinflammatory Cytokine-mediated squamous metaplasia in human corneal epithelial cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2466-2475

  Li, Shimin ^a   Gallup, Marianne ^a   Chen, Ying Ting ^a   McNamara, Nancy A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER E BOX BINDING HOMEOBOX 1 PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORNIFIED ENVELOPE LIKE PROLINE RICH PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 4; SPRR1B PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRUS T ANTIGEN; ZEB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRR1B GENE; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; CELL LINE; CORNEA; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG EFFECT; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAPLASIA; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANTIGENS, POLYOMAVIRUS TRANSFORMING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CORNEA; CORNIFIED ENVELOPE PROLINE-RICH PROTEINS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MAP KINASE KINASE 4; METAPLASIA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 77952519493     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4677     Document Type: Article

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