Spontaneous lymphatic vessel formation and regression in the Murine cornea

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 334-338

  Zhang, Hui ^a   Hu, Xuemei ^b   Tse, Julie ^a   Tilahun, Firehiwott ^a   Qiu, Mengsheng ^b   Chen, Lu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYEBALL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; KERATITIS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSEL; C57BL MOUSE; CORNEA; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

CD31 ANTIGEN; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MONOCYTE MACROPHAGE DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; MONOCYTE-MACROPHAGE DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; PROSPERO RELATED HOMEOBOX 1 PROTEIN; PROSPERO-RELATED HOMEOBOX 1 PROTEIN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; XLKD1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, CD31; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; BLOOD VESSELS; CORNEA; ENDOTHELIUM, LYMPHATIC; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; KERATITIS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 79952264362     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5404     Document Type: Article

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