Compositional Differences between Infant and Adult Human Corneal Basement Membranes

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Andrea Kabosova · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Dimitri T. Azar · University of Illinois Chicago

G. A. Bannikov · The Ohio State University

Kevin P. Campbell · University of Iowa

Madeleine Durbeej · Lund University

Reza F. Ghohestani · The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Jonathan Jones

Abstract

The distribution of laminin gamma3 chain, nidogen-2, netrin-4, matrilin-2, and matrilin-4 is described in the cornea for the first time. The observed differences between adult and infant corneal BMs may relate to changes in their mechanical strength, corneal cell adhesion and differentiation in the process of postnatal corneal maturation.

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Corneal Surgery and Treatments Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Corneal surgery and disorders

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Published in: Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Volume 48, Issue 11, pp. 4989-4989

DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0654

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