Immunofluorescence of rabbit corneas after collagen cross-linking treatment with riboflavin and ultraviolet A

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 412-417

  Esquenazi, Salomon ^a,b,d   He, Jiucheng ^c   Li, Na ^c   Bazan, Haydee E P ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Rand Eye Institute   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cornea; cross linking; ectasia; myofibroblasts

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD3 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; RIBOFLAVIN; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CROSS LINKING; EDEMA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD3; APOPTOSIS; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FIBROBLASTS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NECROSIS; PEROXIDASE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RABBITS; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77957353340     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181bdf1cc     Document Type: Article

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