A Novel Model of Bacterially-Induced Acute Anterior Uveitis in Rats and the Lack of Effect from HLA-B27 Expression

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 295-301

  Baggia, Safia ^a   Lyons, Jennifer L ^a   Angell, Ethan ^a   Barkhuizen, Andre ^a   Han, Young Bock ^a   Planck, Stephen R ^a   Taurog, Joel D ^b   Rosenbaum, James T ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior uveitis; Endotoxin; Gram negative bacteria; HLA B27; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; FISCHER 344 RAT; IMMUNOLOGY; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LEWIS RAT; MICROBIOLOGY; RAT; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED LEW; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031156802     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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