Open AccessLosartan Attenuates Scar Formation in Filtering Bleb After Trabeculectomy
Author(s) -
Huimin Shi,
Huiying Wang,
Shuhao Fu,
Kang Xu,
Xiaoyan Zhang,
Yiqin Xiao,
Wen Ye
Publication year - 2017
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.16-21163
Subject(s) - losartan , trabeculectomy , bleb (medicine) , transdifferentiation , wound healing , fibronectin , medicine , angiotensin ii , myofibroblast , extracellular matrix , western blot , chemistry , andrology , pathology , glaucoma , ophthalmology , fibrosis , surgery , cell , receptor , biochemistry , gene
To examine the effects of losartan on scar formation after trabeculectomy and on fibrotic changes of human Tenon's fibroblasts (HTFs).
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