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Role of lumican in the corneal epithelium during wound healing.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 28 Jan 2000
Saika S, Shiraishi A, Liu C Y, Funderburgh J L, Kao C W, Converse R L, Kao W W
Abstract excerpt
Lumican regulates collagenous matrix assembly as a keratan sulfate proteoglycan in the cornea and is also present in the connective tissues of other organs and embryonic corneal stroma as a glycoprotein. In normal unwounded cornea, lumican is expressed by stromal keratocytes. Our data show that injured mouse corneal epithelium ectopically and transiently expresses lumican during the early phase of wound healing,...
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