Gene Expression and Functional Annotation of the Human Ciliary Body Epithelia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Janssen, Sarah F ^a   Gorgels, Theo G M F ^a   Bossers, Koen ^a   ten Brink, Jacoline B ^a   Essing, Anke H W ^a   Nagtegaal, Martijn ^a   van der Spek, Peter J ^b   Jansonius, Nomdo M ^c   Bergen, Arthur A B ^a,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER A1; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; CYTOCHROME P450 1B1; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; RNA; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ADULT; AKAP2 GENE; APOE GENE; APP GENE; AQP1 GENE; ARTICLE; CARD10 GENE; CAV1 GENE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHEMICAL LABELING; CILIARY BODY EPITHELIUM; CRYAB GENE; CTSA GENE; DEVELOPMENT; EDNRA GENE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOWLEDGE BASE; METABOLISM; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA ISOLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

CILIARY BODY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE;

EID: 84866494393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044973     Document Type: Article

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