Hyperosmolarity-Induced Cornification of Human Corneal Epithelial Cells Is Regulated by JNK MAPK
Author(s) -
Zhuo Chen,
Louis Tong,
Zhijie Li,
Kyung Chul Yoon,
Hong Qi,
William J. Farley,
DeQuan Li,
Stephen C. Pflugfelder
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.07-0569
Subject(s) - viability assay , apoptosis , microbiology and biotechnology , mapk/erk pathway , osmotic concentration , osmotic shock , corneal epithelium , biology , cell , downregulation and upregulation , cell culture , small interfering rna , stimulation , epithelium , transfection , signal transduction , biochemistry , endocrinology , genetics , gene
To evaluate the effects of hyperosmolar stress on expression of cornified envelope (CE) precursors and transglutaminases (TGs) by primary cultured human corneal epithelial (PCHCE) cells and the regulatory effects of JNK MAPK on this process.
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