Retinal pigment epithelial cells phagocytosis of T lymphocytes: Possible implication in the immune privilege of the eye

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1417-1421

  Willermain, François ^a   Caspers Velu, L ^b   Nowak, B ^a   Stordeur, P ^c   Mosselmans, R ^a   Salmon, I ^a   Velu, T ^a   Bruyns, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOCHALASIN E; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LECTIN; MESSENGER RNA; THYMIDINE; VISUAL PIGMENT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE INFLAMMATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ACTINS; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOCHALASINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERLEUKIN-1; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0036896659     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.12.1417     Document Type: Article

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