A synthetic connexin 43 mimetic peptide augments corneal wound healing

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 115, Issue , 2013, Pages 178-188

  Moore, Keith ^a   Bryant, Zachary J ^a   Ghatnekar, Gautam ^b,c   Singh, Udai P ^a   Gourdie, Robert G ^d   Potts, Jay D ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FirstString Research Inc   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; Cornea; Microencapsulation; Sustained delivery; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; ALPHA CARBOXY TERMINUS 1 PEPTIDE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR3; CONNEXIN 43; CXCL11 CHEMOKINE; CYTOKERATIN 19; INTERLEUKIN 1; POLYORNITHINE; PROTEIN ZO1; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL LOSS; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIZATION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROCAPSULE; MICROENCAPSULATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; UPREGULATION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84882807706     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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