Exertion of the suppressive effects of IFN-γ on experimental immune mediated blepharoconjunctivitis in Brown Norway rats during the induction phase but not the effector phase

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1166-1171

  Fukushima, Atsuki ^a   Fukata, K ^a   Ozaki, A ^a   Takata, M ^a   Kuroda, N ^a   Enzan, H ^a   Ueno, H ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OVALBUMIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT STRAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; BLEPHARITIS; CELL COUNT; CELL LINE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CYTOKINES; IMMUNITY, ACTIVE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MICE; OVALBUMIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0036785338     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.10.1166     Document Type: Article

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