CC-chemokine receptor 3: A possible target in treatment of allergy-related corneal ulcer

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 58-62

  Fukagawa, K ^a   Okada, N ^a   Fujishima, H ^a   Nakajima, T ^a   Tsubota, K ^a   Takano, Y ^a   Kawasaki, H ^a   Saito, H ^a   Hirai, K ^a  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR1; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR3; EOTAXIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA ULCER; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOKINES, CC; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CORNEAL ULCER; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; RANTES; RECEPTORS, CHEMOKINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TEARS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0036138712     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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