Distribution, markers, and functions of retinal microglia

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-39

  Chen, Ling ^a,b,c   Yang, Peizeng ^a   Kijlstra, Aize ^c,d,e  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Affiliated Shenzhen Eye Hospital of Jinan University   (China)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; AIDS; Glaucoma; Inflammation; Microglia; Neurodegeneration; Retina

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER; CHLORDANE; KERATAN SULFATE; LECTIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL ASSAY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CILIARY BODY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; IRIS; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; MICROORGANISM; MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK; PARENCHYMA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRECURSOR; PRIMATE; QUAIL; REGENERATION; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; SHORT SURVEY; TISSUE REPAIR; UVEORETINITIS; VITREORETINOPATHY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; MICROGLIA; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0036933302     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ocii.10.1.27.10328     Document Type: Short Survey

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