Schlemm's Canal Is a Unique Vessel with a Combination of Blood Vascular and Lymphatic Phenotypes that Forms by a Novel Developmental Process

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1-22

  Kizhatil, Krishnakumar ^a   Ryan, Margaret ^a   Marchant, Jeffrey K ^b   Henrich, Stephen ^a   John, Simon W M ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CELL PROTEIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; PRAX1 PROTEIN; PROSPERO RELATED HOMEOBOX1 PROTEIN; PROSPERO RELATED HOMEOBOX2 PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROSPERO-RELATED HOMEOBOX 1 PROTEIN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; VEGFR2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CANALOGENESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MOUSE; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHLEMM CANAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINEAGE; EYE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CELL LINEAGE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EYE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 84905381920     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001912     Document Type: Article

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