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Connective tissue growth factor modulates extracellular matrix production in human subconjunctival fibroblasts and their proliferation and migration in vitro

✍ Scribed by Osamu Yamanaka; Shizuya Saika; Kazuo Ikeda; Ken-ichi Miyazaki; Ai Kitano; Yoshitaka Ohnishi

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 410 KB
Volume: 52
Category: Article
ISSN: 0021-5155
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-007-0497-3

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