Nuclear factor-κB: Central regulator in ocular surface inflammation and diseases

Ocular Surface

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 137-148

  Lan, Wanwen ^a   Petznick, Andrea ^a   Heryati, Suzi ^b   Rifada, Maula ^b   Tong, Louis ^a,c,d  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b Cicendo Eye Hospital   (Indonesia)

^c SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Apoptosis; Inflammation; NF B; Signal transduction; Transcription factors; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MATRILYSIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 14; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROTEIN S 100; RANTES; STROMELYSIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN D; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL KERATITIS; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA PERFORATION; DRY EYE; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE INJURY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERNALIZATION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; KERATOMYCOSIS; KERATOPLASTY; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PTERYGIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS KERATITIS; WOUND HEALING; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; KERATITIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CONJUNCTIVITIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; KERATITIS; NF-KAPPA B; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 84865364644     PISSN: 15420124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtos.2012.04.001     Document Type: Review

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