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Changes in Epithelial and Stromal Corneal Stiffness Occur with Age and Obesity

The cornea is avascular, which makes it an excellent model to study matrix protein expression and tissue stiffness. The corneal epithelium adheres to the basement zone and the underlying stroma is composed of keratocytes and an extensive matrix of collagen and proteoglycans. Our goal was to examine...

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Autores principales: Xu, Peiluo, Londregan, Anne, Rich, Celeste, Trinkaus-Randall, Vickery
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7175307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32046198
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering7010014