Cytokeratin 8 is expressed in human corneoconjunctival epithelium, particularly in limbal epithelial cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 787-794

  Merjava, Stanislava ^a   Brejchova, Kristyna ^a   Vernon, Amanda ^b   Daniels, Julie T ^b   Jirsova, Katerina ^a,c  

^a Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; CYTOKERATIN 15; CYTOKERATIN 3; CYTOKERATIN 8; VIMENTIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMBAL EPITHELIUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ADOLESCENT; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA LIMBUS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CONJUNCTIVA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTEGRIN ALPHA6; KERATIN-15; KERATIN-3; KERATIN-8; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VIMENTIN;

EID: 79953290245     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5489     Document Type: Article

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