Interleukin-8 concentrations in conjunctival epithelium brush cytology samples correlate with neutrophil, eosinophil infiltration, and corneal damage

Cornea

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 743-747

  Miyoshi, Takahiro ^a,c   Fukagawa, Kazumi ^b,c   Shimmura, Shigeto ^c,d   Fujishima, Hiroshi ^c,d   Takano, Yoji ^c,d   Takamura, Etsuko ^e   Tsubota, Kazuo ^c,d   Saito, Hirohisa ^b   Oguchi, Yoshihisa ^c  

^a Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations   (Japan)

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

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^e TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brush cytology; Corneal lesions; Eosinophils; Interleukin 8; Neutrophils; RANTES; Vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8; RANTES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL SUSPENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CORNEAL ULCER; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; RANTES;

EID: 0035738646     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200110000-00014     Document Type: Article

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