- ►diabetesjournals.org T Kita, Y Hata, K Kano, M Miura, S Nakao, Y … - Diabetes, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc The critical association of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), which is
thought to be one of the downstream mediators of transforming growth factor-β
(TGF-β), with vitreoretinal diseases remains to be clarified. In the ... Cited by 20 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
KH Sonoda, T Sakamoto, H Qiao, T Hisatomi, T … - Immunology, 2005 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Ocular immune privilege is believed to serve the purpose of limiting the extent
of immune responses that lead to intraocular inflammation.1 By limiting
intraocular inflam- mation, immune privilege preserves the integrity of the ... Cited by 14 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
J Sebag, P Gupta, RR Rosen, P Garcia, AA … - Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society, 2007 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Vitreoschisis was detected in 24 of 45 eyes (53.3%) with macular hole and 19 of
44 (43.2%) with macular pucker. Retinal contraction was detected eccentrically
in the macula of 18 of 45 eyes (40%) with macular hole. In eyes with ... Cited by 13 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►pnas.org T Kita, Y Hata, R Arita, S Kawahara, M Miura … - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008 - National Acad Sciences Cicatricial contraction of preretinal fibrous membrane is a cause of severe
vision loss in proliferative vitreoretinal diseases such as proliferative
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- ►iovs.org J Kezic, H Xu, HR Chinnery, CC Murphy, PG … - Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 2008 - ARVO PURPOSE. The chemokine receptor CX3CR1 is expressed by monocyte-derived
dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages. CX3CR1 mediates leukocyte migration and
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J Sancho-Pelluz, KA Wunderlich, U Rauch, … - Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 2008 - ARVO 1 From the Department of Ophthalmology and 4 Vessel Wall Biology Group, Lund
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several cell types and is therefore widely used in tissue engineering. In this
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T Hisatomi, K Sonoda, F Ishikawa, H Qiao, T … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2007 - bjo.bmj.com Results: GFP positive cells were distributed in the entire sclera and comprised
22.4 (2.8)% (bone marrow) and 28.4 (10.9)% (HSC) of the total cells in the
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MM Le Goff, PN Bishop - Eye, 2008 - nature.com This review will focus on the molecular organisation of the adult vitreous and
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