Slug is upregulated during wound healing and regulates cellular phenotypes in corneal epithelial cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 751-756

  Aomatsu, Keiichi ^a   Arao, Tokuzo ^a   Abe, Kosuke ^a   Kodama, Aya ^a   Sugioka, Koji ^a   Matsumoto, Kazuko ^a   Kudo, Kanae ^a   Kimura, Hideharu ^a   Fujita, Yoshihiko ^a   Hayashi, Hidetoshi ^a   Nagai, Tomoyuki ^a   Shimomura, Yoshikazu ^a   Nishio, Kazuto ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA2 INTEGRIN; ATP BINDING CASSETTE SUBFAMILY G MEMBER 2; BETA4 INTEGRIN; CADHERIN; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOKERATIN 19; INVOLUCRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NESTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TUMOR PROTEIN; TUMOR PROTEIN P63; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN; SNAIL FAMILY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CELL MOTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EYE INJURY; GENETICS; INJURY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE INJURIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84858969597     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8222     Document Type: Article

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