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1 Fibrotic disorders in the eye: targets of gene therapy. Prog Retin Eye Res 2008 1.40
2 TGF beta in fibroproliferative diseases in the eye. Front Biosci (Schol Ed) 2009 1.16
3 Effect of overexpression of PPARgamma on the healing process of corneal alkali burn in mice. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2007 1.16
4 Loss of tumor necrosis factor alpha potentiates transforming growth factor beta-mediated pathogenic tissue response during wound healing. Am J Pathol 2006 1.14
5 Effect of Smad7 gene overexpression on transforming growth factor beta-induced retinal pigment fibrosis in a proliferative vitreoretinopathy mouse model. Arch Ophthalmol 2007 1.03
6 Epithelial-mesenchymal transition as a therapeutic target for prevention of ocular tissue fibrosis. Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets 2008 1.02
7 Transforming growth factor beta signal transduction: a potential target for maintenance/restoration of transparency of the cornea. Eye Contact Lens 2010 1.02
8 Impaired cutaneous wound healing with excess granulation tissue formation in TNFalpha-null mice. Arch Dermatol Res 2009 1.01
9 TRPV1 involvement in inflammatory tissue fibrosis in mice. Am J Pathol 2011 1.01
10 Inhibitory effect of blocking TGF-beta/Smad signal on injury-induced fibrosis of corneal endothelium. Mol Vis 2008 0.99
11 Corneal wound healing in an osteopontin-deficient mouse. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008 0.95
12 Neurotrophic keratopathy; its pathophysiology and treatment. Histol Histopathol 2010 0.93
13 Loss of osteopontin perturbs the epithelial-mesenchymal transition in an injured mouse lens epithelium. Lab Invest 2007 0.91
14 Connective tissue growth factor modulates extracellular matrix production in human subconjunctival fibroblasts and their proliferation and migration in vitro. Jpn J Ophthalmol 2008 0.86
15 Suppression of injury-induced conjunctiva scarring by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma gene transfer in mice. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008 0.85
16 Impaired angiogenic response in the corneas of mice lacking osteopontin. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009 0.84
17 JNK MAPK signaling contributes in vivo to injury-induced corneal epithelial migration. Ophthalmic Res 2009 0.84
18 Impaired cornea wound healing in a tenascin C-deficient mouse model. Lab Invest 2012 0.83
19 Suppression of injury-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in a mouse lens epithelium lacking tenascin-C. Mol Vis 2010 0.83
20 Impaired angiogenic response in the cornea of mice lacking tenascin C. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2011 0.82
21 TNFalpha suppression of corneal epithelium migration. Mol Vis 2007 0.79
22 Wakayama symposium: modulation of wound healing response in the corneal stroma by osteopontin and tenascin-C. Ocul Surf 2012 0.76