Chemotactic activity of tears and bacteria isolated during adverse responses

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-137

  Thakur, A ^a   Willcox, M D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Contact lens; Inflammatory responses; Ocular isolates; Polymorphonuclear leukocytes; Tears

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5A; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUKOTRIENE B4; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL MIGRATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; EYELID CLOSURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATION; LACRIMAL FLUID; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031912714     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1997.0409     Document Type: Article

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