Immunomorphologic studies of mast cell heterogeneity, location, and distribution in the rat conjunctiva

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1375-1386

  McMenamin, Paul G ^a   Morrison, Susan M ^a   McMenamin, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

conjunctiva; eye; eyelid; heterogeneity; immunohistochemistry; Mast cell; mucosal immunology; ocular allergy; optical dissector; proteinases; rat

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CROSS LINKING; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELL; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MORPHOLOGY; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029899779     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(96)70207-5     Document Type: Article

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