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The eyelid margin: a transitional zone for 2 epithelial phenotypes.
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) - 1 Apr 2007
Liu Shaohui, Li Jing, Tan Donald T H, Beuerman Roger W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the differentiation profile of the epithelium of the eyelid margin in the primate. METHODS: The expression of cytokeratins (CKs) CK1/10, CK4, CK14, CK5/8, and CK19; involucrin; connexin 43; filaggrin; and muscarinic receptor subtypes (m1-m5) on eyelid tissues from adult Macaca fascicularis (n = 3) was studied by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: Cytokeratin 1/10, CK4, CK19, filaggrin, and...
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