Modulation of major histocompatibility complex class II expression in retinas with age-related macular degeneration

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2125-2133

  Penfold, Philip L ^a,b   Liew, Simon C K ^a   Madigan, Michele C ^a   Provis, Jan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Major histocompatibility complex class II; Microglia; Neural retina; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; MICROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEUROGLIA; RETINA;

EID: 0030931699     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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