Role of TGF-β in tissue eosinophilia associated with vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 748-754

  Ohtomo, Kaori ^a   Ebihara, Nobuyuki ^a   Matsuda, Akira ^a   Tokura, Tomoko ^a   Funaki, Toshinari ^a   Murakami, Akira ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eotaxin; Immunosuppressant; Integrin v 6; Tenascin C; TGF 1; Tissue eosinophilia; Vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ALPHAVBETA6 INTEGRIN; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; EOTAXIN; FLUOROMETHOLONE; PROCOLLAGEN; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 13; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 4; RECOMBINANT TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TACROLIMUS; TENASCIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; ACTIN; ALPHA SMA PROTEIN, HUMAN; ALPHA-SMA PROTEIN, HUMAN; CCL11 PROTEIN, HUMAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTEGRIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GIANT PAPILLARY CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; AGED; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHILD; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOKINE CCL11; CHILD; COLLAGEN TYPE I; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CORNEA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTEGRINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHORYLATION; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TENASCIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049521017     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.08.025     Document Type: Article

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