Changes in corneal basal epithelial phenotypes in an altered basement membrane.

To examine the corneal epithelial phenotype in an altered basement membrane.Corneas from 9 patients with symptoms of continuous unstable corneal curvature (CUCC) were harvested by penetrating keratoplasty and subjected to histology examination and immunohistochemical staining with transactivating an...

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Main Authors: I-Jong Wang, Ray Jui-Fang Tsai, Lung-Kun Yeh, Ryan Yao-Nien Tsai, Fung-Rong Hu, Winston W Y Kao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3021502?pdf=render