Effects of TGF-β2 on cadherins and β-catenin in human trabecular meshwork cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 6456-6462

  Wecker, Thomas ^a,b   Han, Hong ^b   Börner, Juliane ^b   Grehn, Franz ^b   Schlunck, Günther ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; TGF beta; Trabecular meshwork

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; F ACTIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTEIN KINASE B; RHO KINASE; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL SPREADING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; WESTERN BLOTTING; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

GLAUCOMA; TGF-BETA; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

EID: 84884923455     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12669     Document Type: Article

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