Growth factor regulation of corneal keratocyte mechanical phenotypes in 3-D collagen matrices

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1077-1086

  Lakshman, Neema ^a   Matthew Petroll, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; F ACTIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB; RHO KINASE; SOMATOMEDIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RABBIT; STRESS FIBER; WOUND HEALING;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE I; CORNEAL KERATOCYTES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHENOTYPE; RABBITS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84857832777     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8609     Document Type: Article

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