A comparison of glycosaminoglycan distributions, keratan sulphate sulphation patterns and collagen fibril architecture from central to peripheral regions of the bovine cornea

Matrix Biology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-68

  Ho, Leona T Y ^a   Harris, Anthony M ^b   Tanioka, Hidetoshi ^c   Yagi, Naoto ^d   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^c   Caterson, Bruce ^b   Quantock, Andrew J ^a   Young, Robert D ^a   Meek, Keith M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collagen structure; Cornea; Glycosaminoglycans; Proteoglycans

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; DERMATAN SULFATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYDROXYPROLINE; KERATAN SULFATE; DIMETHYLMETHYLENE BLUE; FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN; METHYLENE BLUE;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA THICKNESS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HYDRATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PACHYMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BOVINE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORNEA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATAN SULFATE; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84908049300     PISSN: 0945053X     EISSN: 15691802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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