Role of keratan sulphate (sulphated poly -N-acetyllactosamine repeats) in keratoconic cornea, histochemical, and ultrastructural analysis

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 413-420

  Akhtar, S ^a,b   Bron, A J ^b   Hayes, A J ^c   Meek, K M ^d   Caterson, B ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 D 4; Disulphated disaccharides; Glycosaminoglycan (GAG); Keratan sulphate (KS); Keratoconus

Indexed keywords

KERATAN SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KERATOCONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; KERATAN SULFATE; KERATOCONUS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; SULFATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955605806     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-010-1512-9     Document Type: Article

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