Fol. Biol. 2012, 58, 24-29

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2012058010024

Posttraumatic Temporal TGF-β mRNA Expression in Lens Epithelial Cells of Paediatric Patients

Piotr Berezowski1, B. Strzalka-Mrozik2, M. Forminska-Kapuscik1, U. Mazurek2, E. Filipek1, L. Nawrocka1, E. Pieczara1, P. Banasiak1, M. Kimsa2

1Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
2Department of Molecular Biology, Medical University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland

Received April 2011
Accepted October 2011

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