Presence of sulphatide (3′-sulphogalactosylceramide) in pericytes in the choroid layer of the eye: Sharing of this glycolipid autoantigen with islets of Langerhans

Diabetologia

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 658-666

  Buschard, K ^a   Horn, T ^b   Aaen, K ^c   Josefsen, K ^a   Persson, H ^d   Fredman, P ^d  

^a Center for Health and Society   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Choroid layer; Eye; Glycolipid; Pericytes; Sulphatide

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLIPID; SULFATIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHOROID DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; CAPILLARIES; CHOROID; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLYCOLIPIDS; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYOCARDIUM; PANCREAS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, INBRED BB; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SULFOGLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS;

EID: 0029896342     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00418537     Document Type: Article

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