Prostaglandin E receptor 4 expression in human conjunctival epithelium and its downregulation in devastating ocular surface inflammatory disorders

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1369-1371

  Ueta, Mayumi ^a,b   Sotozono, Chie ^b   Yokoi, Norihiko ^b   Inatomi, Tsutomu ^b   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^b  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN E RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E RECEPTOR 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PTGER4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PTERYGIUM; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; CONJUNCTIVA; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

CONJUNCTIVA; DOWN-REGULATION; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PEMPHIGOID, BENIGN MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PTERYGIUM; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN E; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN E, EP4 SUBTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME;

EID: 77958001032     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.232     Document Type: Article

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