Connective tissue growth factor causes glaucoma by modifying the actin cytoskeleton of the trabecular meshwork

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2386-2403

  Junglas, Benjamin ^a   Kuespert, Sabrina ^a   Seleem, Amin A ^a   Struller, Tobias ^a   Ullmann, Sabrina ^a   Bösl, Michael ^b   Bosserhoff, Anja ^a   Köstler, Josef ^a   Wagner, Ralf ^a   Tamm, Ernst R ^a   Fuchshofer, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; FASUDIL; FIBRONECTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE; STRESS FIBER; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ADENOVIRIDAE; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FIBRONECTINS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 84861584720     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: 15252191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2012.02.030     Document Type: Article

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