Presence and possible significance of immunohistochemically demonstrable metallothionein expression in pterygium versus pinguecula and normal conjunctiva

Eye

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 89-96

  Tsironi, Sevasti ^a   Ioachim, Elli ^a   Machera, Melpomeni ^a   Aspiotis, Miltiades ^a   Agnanti, Niki ^a   Psilas, Konstantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Immunohistochemistry; Metallothionein; Pinguecula; Pterygium

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYCLINE; EPITOPE; FORMALDEHYDE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; METALLOTHIONEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARAFFIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATION; LANGERHANS CELL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PINGUECULA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PTERYGIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE PREPARATION;

EID: 0035088604     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2001.20     Document Type: Article

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