Type IV Collagen Peptides-Recptors in Corneal Function

Furcht, Leo T.

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Eye Institute (NEI)
• Type: Research Project (R01)
• Project #: 3R01EY009065-02S1
• Application #: 3266425
• Study Section: Visual Sciences A Study Section (VISA)
• Project Start: 1991-05-01
• Project End: 1996-04-30
• Budget Start: 1992-05-01
• Budget End: 1993-04-30
• Support Year: 2
• Fiscal Year: 1993

Institution

• Name: University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Type: Schools of Medicine
• DUNS #: 168559177
• City: Minneapolis
• State: MN
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 55455

Publications

Maldonado, B A; Furcht, L T (1995) Involvement of integrins with adhesion-promoting, heparin-binding peptides of type IV collagen in cultured human corneal epithelial cells. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 36:364-72

Maldonado, B A; Furcht, L T (1995) Epidermal growth factor stimulates integrin-mediated cell migration of cultured human corneal epithelial cells on fibronectin and arginine-glycine-aspartic acid peptide. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 36:2120-6

Cameron, J D; Skubitz, A P; Furcht, L T (1991) Type IV collagen and corneal epithelial adhesion and migration. Effects of type IV collagen fragments and synthetic peptides on rabbit corneal epithelial cell adhesion and migration in vitro. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 32:2766-73