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Downregulation of c-Myc in pterygium and cultured pterygial cells.
Clinical & experimental ophthalmology - 1 Nov 2011
Cui Dongmei, Pan Zhujuan, Zhang Shaochong, Zheng Jianliang, Huang Qiang, Wu Kaili
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BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine c-Myc expression in pterygial tissue and in cultured fibroblasts and epithelial cells of pterygia, using normal human conjunctival samples as a control. METHODS: Expression of c-Myc in pterygium and normal human conjunctiva tissue was examined by immunohistochemical assay and Western blot. Fibroblasts and epithelial cells from primary pterygium and normal human...
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