Respiratory syncytial virus-induced interleukin-4 production by human conjunctival epithelial cells contributes to allergy: Preliminary study

Current Eye Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 656-662

  Fujishima, Hiroshi ^a,b   Saito, Ichiro ^c   Okamoto, Yoshitaka ^d   Takeuchi, Tsutomu ^e   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a,b  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^e SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergic conjunctivitis; Conjunctival cells; HLA DR; Interleukin 4; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; RNA, VIRAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031834209     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.17.6.656.5181     Document Type: Article

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