Regulation of corneal epithelial barrier function by Krüppel-like transcription factor 4

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1762-1769

  Swamynathan, Sudha ^a   Kenchegowda, Doreswamy ^a   Piatigorsky, Joram ^b   Swamynathan, Shivalingappa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA3 INTEGRIN; ALPHA3 LAMININ; ALPHA5 LAMININ; BETA1 LAMININ; BETA3 LAMININ; BETA4 INTEGRIN; CELL JUNCTION PROTEIN; DESMOGLEIN; DESMOGLEIN 1A; DESMOGLEIN 1B; DESMOPLAKIN; FLUORESCEIN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEMIDESMOSOME; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; PERMEABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TRANSFECTION; UP-REGULATION; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 79955935436     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6134     Document Type: Article

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