Lymphatic regulator PROX1 determines Schlemm's canal integrity and identity

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3960-3974

  Park, Dae Young ^a   Lee, Junyeop ^a   Park, Intae ^a   Choi, Dongwon ^b   Lee, Sunju ^b   Song, Sukhyun ^a   Hwang, Yoonha ^a   Hong, Ki Yong ^a   Nakaoka, Yoshikazu ^c   Makinen, Taija ^d   Kim, Pilhan ^a   Alitalo, Kari ^e   Hong, Young Kwon ^b   Koh, Gou Young ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTEGRIN; CELL MARKER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LYMPHATIC VESSEL ENDOTHELIAL HYALURONAN RECEPTOR 1; PODOPLANIN; PROSPERO HOMEOBOX PROTEIN 1; RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3; ACTIN; ALPHA-SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN, MOUSE; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; PROSPERO-RELATED HOMEOBOX 1 PROTEIN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYMPH VESSEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUNCTURE; SCHLEMM CANAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; C57BL MOUSE; CORNEA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CORNEA; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MORPHOGENESIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-3;

EID: 84907011560     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI75392     Document Type: Article

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