Cross-linked actin networks (CLANs) are present in lamina cribrosa cells

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1388-1392

  Job, Raly ^a,b   Raja, Vignesh ^a   Grierson, Ian ^a   Currie, Laura ^a   O'Reilly, Steven ^a   Pollock, Natalie ^a   Knight, Emma ^a   Clark, Abbot F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIGHTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; DEXAMETHASONE; F ACTIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PHALLOIDIN; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LAMINA CRIBROSA; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STRESS FIBER;

ACTINS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE;

EID: 77958533813     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.176032     Document Type: Article

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