Role of Connective Tissue Growth Factor in the Pathogenesis of Conjunctival Scarring in Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid - Razzaque, Mohammed S; Foster, C. Stephen; Ahmed, A. Razzaque (Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2003)
Keywords: Biological and medical sciences; Bullous diseases of the skin; Cells, Cultured; Collagen Type I - biosynthesis; Conjunctiva - metabolism; Conjunctiva - pathology; Conjunctivitis - etiology; Conjunctivitis - metabolism; Connective Tissue Growth Factor; Dermatology; Diseases of eyelid, conjunctiva and lacrimal tracts; Fibroblasts - drug effects; Fibroblasts - metabolism; Fibrosis; Humans; Immediate-Early Proteins - physiology; Immunoenzyme Techniques; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins - physiology; Medical sciences; Ophthalmology; Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane - etiology; Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane - metabolism; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases; Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II; Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta - immunology; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Transforming Growth Factor beta - pharmacology; Transforming Growth Factor beta1; Bullous dermatosis; Human; Connective tissue; Skin disease; Scarring pemphigoid; Biopsy; Pathogenesis; Tissue factor; Conjunctiva; Growth factor