Endotoxins modulate the autocrine function of organ cultured donor corneas and increase the incidence of endothelial cell death

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1093-1098

  Sobottka Ventura, A C ^a,b   Engelmann, K ^b   Dahinden, C ^a   Bohnke M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LANGERHANS CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030694860     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.81.12.1093     Document Type: Article

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