Expression of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in rat retina and its immunohistochemical localization

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-90

  Matsuda, Akira ^a   Tagawa, Yoshitsugu ^a   Yoshida, Kazuhiko ^a   Matsuda, Hidehiko ^a   Nishihira, Jun ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Macrophage migration inhibitory factor; Muller cells; Rat; Retina; Retinal pigment epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION-INHIBITORY FACTORS; MALE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030748599     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(97)00061-1     Document Type: Article

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