IL-17 and VEGF are necessary for efficient corneal nerve regeneration

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1106-1116

  Li, Zhijie ^a,b   Burns, Alan R ^a,c   Han, Lei ^a,d   Rumbaut, Rolando E ^a,e   Smith, C Wayne ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d Henan Eye Institute   (China)

^e MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 17; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA NERVE; MOUSE; NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 79952754099     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: 15252191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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