EJ Kuiper, AN Witmer, I Klaassen, N Oliver, R … - British Journal of …, 2004 - bjo.bmj.com Results: In the retina, distinct and specific staining of CTGF was observed in microglia, situated
around or in close vicinity of retinal capillaries. In the control cases, sporadic staining of pericytes
was also observed within the vascular wall. In contrast, in the retina of people with ... Cited by 27 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 12 versions
J Labat-Robert - Pathologie Biologie, 2003 - Elsevier Connective tissues differ from other tissues in their more abundant extracellular matrix
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T Oshitari, P Polewski, M Chadda, AF Li, T Sato, S Roy - Diabetes, 2006 - Am Diabetes Assoc The effect of combined antisense oligonucleotides (AS-oligos) against overexpression of extracellular
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