Biomarkers in primary open angle glaucoma

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2107-2119

  Kokotas, Haris ^a,b   Kroupis, Christos ^c   Chiras, Dimitrios ^d   Grigoriadou, Maria ^a   Lamnissou, Klea ^b   Petersen, Michael B ^a   Kitsos, George ^d  

^a AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aqueous humor; Biomarker; Factor; Intraocular pressure; Primary open angle glaucoma; Trabecular meshwork

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANGIOPOIETIN; ANGIOPOIETIN LIKE 7; AUTOANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CASPASE 14; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CYSTATIN C; DIADENOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GLUCOSE REGULATED PROTEIN 78; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPCIDIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYDROXYPROLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR MARKER; MYOCILIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN D SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIBODY TITER; APOPTOSIS; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATINOCYTE; LIPID METABOLISM; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; RUMINANT STOMACH; SENESCENCE; STRESS; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 84872874372     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2012-0048     Document Type: Review

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