Toxic effect of using twenty percent alcohol on corneal epithelial tight junctions during LASEK

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-38

  Zhang, Peng ^a   Liu, Min ^a   Liao, Rongfeng ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cornea; Laser assisted subepithelial keratectomy; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CLAUDIN 1; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN ZO1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIGHT JUNCTION; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE LEVEL; TISSUE REGENERATION; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ALCOHOLS; ANIMALS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; GENE EXPRESSION; KERATECTOMY, SUBEPITHELIAL, LASER-ASSISTED; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84861630242     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2012.880     Document Type: Article

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