Effect of microtopographical cues on human keratocyte orientation and gene expression

Current Eye Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 88-93

  Then, Kong Y ^a,b   Yang, Ying ^a   Ahearne, Mark ^a   El Haj, Alicia J ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioengineered cornea; Collagen fibrils; Grooved polycaprolactone; Keratocytes; Microtopographical cues

Indexed keywords

ALPHA3 INTEGRIN; BETA5 INTEGRIN; CATENIN; CATENIN ALPHA1; CATENIN DELTA1; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGENASE 3; HEPARANASE; INTEGRIN; INTEGRIN ALPHA11; LAMININ; LAMININ BETA1; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 24; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 26; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCAPROLACTONE; STROMELYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CORNEA CELL; DOWN REGULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATOMETRY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTIVE MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; UPREGULATION;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL POLARITY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CUES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMIN; EYE PROTEINS; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DONORS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VIMENTIN;

EID: 79551530257     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2010.512407     Document Type: Article

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