The cell and molecular biology of glaucoma: Biomechanical factors in glaucoma

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2473-2475

  Clark, Abbot F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN LYSINE 6 OXIDASE; SCLEROPROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETON; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICROFILAMENT; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SCLERA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

BIOMECHANICS; CYTOSKELETON; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPTIC DISK; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SCLERA; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 84860622888     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-9483g     Document Type: Article

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