TY - JOUR AU - Zavala, Judith AU - Hernandez-Camarena, Julio C. AU - Salvador-Gálvez, Brenda AU - Pérez-Saucedo, José E. AU - Vela-Martinez, Amin AU - Valdez-García, Jorge E. PY - 2018 DA - 2018/06/05 TI - Extracellular matrix and fibroblast injection produces pterygium-like lesion in rabbits JO - Biological Research SP - 15 VL - 51 IS - 1 AB - Translational research to develop pharmaceutical and surgical treatments for pterygium requires a reliable and easy to produce animal model. Extracellular matrix and fibroblast are important components of pterygium. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of the subconjunctival injection of fibroblast cells (NIH3T3 cell line) and exogenous extracellular matrix in rabbits in producing a pterygium-like lesion. SN - 0717-6287 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40659-018-0165-8 DO - 10.1186/s40659-018-0165-8 ID - Zavala2018 ER -