Lipopolysaccharide entry in the damaged cornea and specific uptake by polymorphonuclear neutrophils

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1731-1734

  Schultz, C L ^a,b   Buret, A G ^b   Olson, M E ^b   Ceri, H ^b   Read, R R ^b   Morck, D W ^b  

^a NOVAVAX INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTACT LENS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA STROMA; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NEUTROPHILS; RABBITS;

EID: 0033963480     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.3.1731-1734.2000     Document Type: Article

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