Wounded embryonic corneas exhibit nonfibrotic regeneration and complete innervation

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 6334-6344

  Spurlin III, James W ^a   Lwigale, Peter Y ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal development; Corneal wound healing; Extracellular matrix; Innervation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; FIBRONECTIN; KERATAN SULFATE; PERLECAN; PROCOLLAGEN; SEMAPHORIN 3A; TENASCIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA INJURY; EMBRYO; EPITHELIZATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGENERATION; SCAR FORMATION; WOUND HEALING;

CORNEAL DEVELOPMENT; CORNEAL WOUND HEALING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INNERVATION;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CORNEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE INJURIES; NERVE REGENERATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84884577440     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12504     Document Type: Article

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