Transforming growth factor-beta in the chicken fundal layers: An immunohistochemical study

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 780-790

  Mathis, Ute ^a   Schaeffel, Frank ^a  

^a Institute for Ophthalmic Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chicken; Choroid; Experimental myopia; Immunohistochemistry; Retina; Sclera; TGF beta

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; DOPAMINE; GLUCAGON; ISOPROTEIN; LIM PROTEIN; LIM3 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN KINASE C; RETINOIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; EYE FUNDUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SCLERA; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHOROID; DISEASE MODEL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; RETINA; RETINA NERVE CELL; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COUNT; CHICKENS; CHOROID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FUNDUS OCULI; MALE; MYOPIA; RETINA; RETINAL NEURONS; SCLERA; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3;

EID: 77952786708     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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