Novel characterization of lymphatic valve formation during corneal inflammation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Truong, Tan ^a   Altiok, Eda ^a   Yuen, Don ^a   Ecoiffier, Tatiana ^a   Chen, Lu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTEGRIN; ALPHA9 INTEGRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INTEGRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; KERATITIS; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; INFLAMMATION; INTEGRINS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79960041147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021918     Document Type: Article

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