Discrepant expression of microRNAs in transparent and cataractous human lenses

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3906-3912

  Wu, Changrui ^a   Lin, Haotian ^a   Wang, Qilin ^a   Chen, Wan ^a   Luo, Haihua ^b   Chen, Weirong ^a   Zhang, Hui ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 1826; MICRORNA 923; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRIMER DNA; RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA PROCESSING; EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; TISSUE PREPARATION; CHEMISTRY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LENS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CATARACT; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICRORNAS; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

EID: 84866774495     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-9178     Document Type: Article

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