Collagen XVIII short isoform is critical for retinal vascularization, and overexpression of the Tsp-1 domain affects eye growth and cataract formation

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7450-7462

  Aikio, Mari ^a   Hurskainen, Merja ^a,b   Brideau, Gaëlle ^a   Hägg, Pasi ^b   Sormunen, Raija ^a,b   Heljasvaara, Ritva ^a   Gould, Douglas B ^c   Pihlajaniemi, Taina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Buphthalmos; Collagen XVIII; Knobloch syndrome; Phthisis bulbi; Retinal vascularization

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 18; ISOPROTEIN; THROMBOSPONDIN 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUPHTHALMOS; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; EYE AXIS LENGTH; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS SUBLUXATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; SLIT LAMP; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BUPHTHALMOS; COLLAGEN XVIII; KNOBLOCH SYNDROME; PHTHISIS BULBI; RETINAL VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATARACT; COLLAGEN TYPE XVIII; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84887841588     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13039     Document Type: Article

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