title: Clusterin may be essential for maintaining ocular surface epithelium as a non-keratinizing epithelium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001483:Base Sequence; D051152:Clusterin; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D017931:DNA Primers; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism; D019573:Epithelium, Corneal / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D005091:Exons; D005260:Female; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D009928:Organ Specificity; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: C495242:CLU protein, human; D051152:Clusterin; D017931:DNA Primers; D006023:Glycoproteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes