Complement and complement regulatory proteins in human tears

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Willcox, Mark D P ^a   Morris, C A ^a   Thakur, A ^a   Sack, R A ^b   Wickson, J ^a   Boey, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

closed eye; complement; regulatory components; tears

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C9; DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR; LACTOFERRIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TEAR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMOLYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LACRIMAL FLUID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, CD55; BLINKING; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; LACTOFERRIN; TEARS; VITRONECTIN;

EID: 0031037293     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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