Human conjunctiva contains high endothelial venules that express lymphocyte homing receptors

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 397-403

  Haynes, Richard John ^a   Tighe, Patrick Jason ^a   Scott, Robert Alastair Howie ^b   Singh Dua, Harminder ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva associated lymphoid tissue (CALT); High endothelial venules; Lymphocyte homing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; HOMING RECEPTOR; MUCOSAL ADDRESSIN CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONJUNCTIVA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VENULE;

EID: 0032886323     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1999.0712     Document Type: Article

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