Regulation of scleral metabolism in myopia and the role of transforming growth factor-beta

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 128-140

  McBrien, Neville A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collagen; Glycosaminoglycans; Myofibroblast; Myopia; Sclera; Transforming growth factor beta

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HIGH MYOPIA; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MYOFIBROBLAST; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCLERA; SCLERAL METABOLISM; TISSUE METABOLISM;

COLLAGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; MYOFIBROBLAST; MYOPIA; SCLERA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-BETA;

ANIMALS; AXIAL LENGTH, EYE; COLLAGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; MYOPIA; SCLERA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84881312006     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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