Nerve growth factor in the developing and adult lacrimal glands of rat with and without inherited retinitis pigmentosa

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1163-1168

  Muzi, Sabina ^a   Colafrancesco, Valeria ^b   Sornelli, Federica ^a   Mantelli, Flavio ^c   Lambiase, Alessandro ^c   Aloe, Luigi ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lacrimal gland; mast cells; neurotrophins; NGF receptors; retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INHERITED RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; LACRIMAL GLAND; LACRIMAL GLAND FUNCTION; LACRIMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TEARS;

EID: 77958153653     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181d3d3f9     Document Type: Article

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