Article
Trigeminal ganglion neurons affect corneal epithelial phenotype. Influence on type VII collagen expression in vitro.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Jan 1993
Baker K S, Anderson S C, Romanowski E G, Thoft R A, SundarRaj N
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To examine whether trigeminal ganglion (TG) neurons in tissue culture influence expression of Type VII collagen (a major component of the anchoring fibrils involved in the attachment of the epithelium to the underlying stroma) by cultured corneal epithelial cells. METHODS: A two-chambere...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Cells, Cultured
- Collagen
- Cornea
- Epithelium
- Female
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Intermediate Filaments
- Keratins
- Neurites
- Neurons
- Phenotype
- Pregnancy
- Rabbits
- Trigeminal Ganglion
