Role of MicroRNAs in the trabecular meshwork

Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 128-137

  Gonzalez, Pedro ^a   Li, Guorng ^a   Qiu, Jianming ^a   Wu, Jing ^a,b   Luna, Coralia ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; GELATIN; KINESIN 2; LAMININ; MICRO RNA 146B; MICRO RNA 183; MICRO RNA 26; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 146A; MICRORNA 16; MICRORNA 200C; MICRORNA 24; MICRORNA 29; MICRORNA 29B; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

APOPTOSIS; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICRORNAS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 84898746117     PISSN: 10807683     EISSN: 15577732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jop.2013.0191     Document Type: Review

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