Nerve growth factor promotes corneal epithelial migration by enhancing expression of matrix metalloprotease-9

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3880-3890

  Blanco Mezquita, Tomas ^a,b,g   Martinez Garcia, Carmen ^c   Proença, Rui ^d   Zieske, James D ^a   Bonini, Stefano ^e   Lambiase, Alessandro ^e   Merayo Lloves, Jesus ^b,f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal epithelium migration; Corneal epithelium proliferation; MMP 9; NGF; TrkA

Indexed keywords

BETA4 INTEGRIN; FLUORESCEIN; GELATINASE B; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; HEN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER SURGERY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE CULTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WOUND HEALING; ZYMOGRAPHY;

CORNEAL EPITHELIUM MIGRATION; CORNEAL EPITHELIUM PROLIFERATION; MMP-9; NGF; TRKA;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICKENS; CORNEAL ULCER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTEGRIN BETA4; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84878694556     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-10816     Document Type: Article

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