IL-4 regulates chemokine production induced by TNF-α in keratocytes and corneal epithelial cells

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1074-1076

  Takano, Yoji ^a   Fukagawa, Kazumi ^b   Shimmura, Shigeto ^a   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a   Oguchi, Yoshihisa ^c   Saito, Hirohisa ^b  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 8; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNATANT;

EID: 0032853347     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.9.1074     Document Type: Article

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