Comparative transcriptome and network biology analyses demonstrate antiproliferative and hyperapoptotic phenotypes in human keratoconus corneas

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 6181-6191

  Macé, Matthias ^a,b   Galiacy, Stéphane D ^a,b   Erraud, Angélique ^b   Mejía, José Enrique ^a,b   Etchevers, Heather ^c   Allouche, Michèle ^a,b   Desjardins, Laurence ^d   Calvas, Patrick ^a,b,e   Malecaze, François ^a,b,f  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^e TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; MUCIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LOSS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EXTRACTION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

EID: 80051477823     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-70981     Document Type: Article

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