Transforming growth factor-β/Smad - signalling pathway and conjunctival remodelling in vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-60

  Leonardi, A ^a   Di Stefano, A ^b   Motterle, L ^a   Zavan, B ^a   Abatangelo, G ^a   Brun, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Histamine; Remodelling; Smad; TGF ; Vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTAMINE; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PROCOLLAGEN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD7 PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SCHOOL CHILD; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD PROTEINS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 78649998194     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2010.03626.x     Document Type: Article

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