Adhesion/growth-regulatory galectins in the human eye: Localization profiles and tissue reactivities as a standard to detect disease-associated alterations

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 250, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1169-1180

  Schlötzer Schrehardt, Ursula ^a   André, Sabine ^b   Janko, Christina ^a   Kaltner, Herbert ^b   Kopitz, Jürgen ^c   Gabius, Hans Joachim ^b   Herrmann, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choroid; Ciliary body; Cornea; Lectin; Vitreoretinopathy

Indexed keywords

ECALECTIN; GALECTIN; GALECTIN 1; GALECTIN 2; GALECTIN 3; GALECTIN 4; GALECTIN 7; GALECTIN 8;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EYE; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE; EYE DISEASES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GALECTINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RABBITS; RATS;

EID: 84866366641     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-012-2021-9     Document Type: Article

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