Isolation and characterization of a unique natural killer cell inhibitory factor present in the anterior chamber of the eye

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2667-2673

  Apte, Rajendra S ^a   Niederkorn, Jerry Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTEIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMISTRY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE PROTEINS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RABBITS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0030584801     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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