IL-6 antagonizes TGF-β and abolishes immune privilege in eyes with endotoxin-induced uveitis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2591-2599

  Ohta, K ^a   Yamagami, S ^a   Taylor, A W ^a   Streilein, J W ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ENDOTOXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD EYE BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; UVEITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BLOOD-AQUEOUS BARRIER; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 0033862741     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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