Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II-positive dendritic cells in the rat iris: In situ development from MHC class II-negative precursors

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2639-2648

  Steptoe, Raymond J ^a,b   Holt, Patrick G ^a   McMenamin, Paul G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dendritic cell; Eye development; Iris; Maturation; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; DENDRITIC CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRIS; MALE; MICRODENSITOMETRY; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL COUNT; DENDRITIC CELLS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRIS; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW;

EID: 0030812621     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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