TGF-β-induced activation of conjunctival fibroblasts is modulated by FGF-2 and substratum stiffness

• Tomoyo Matsumura,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Tomokazu Fujimoto,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Akiko Futakuchi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Yuji Takihara,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Fumika Watanabe-Kitamura,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Eri Takahashi,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Miyuki Inoue-Mochita,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Cell Biology, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Hidenobu Tanihara,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Director of Hospital, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Toshihiro Inoue

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: noel@da2.so-net.ne.jp

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3769-7609

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