Somatostatin is an immunosuppressive factor in aqueous humor

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2644-2649

  Taylor, Andrew W ^a,b   Yee, David G ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 4; LYMPHOKINE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; SOMATOSTATIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORMONES; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SOMATOSTATIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0038823765     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.02-1216     Document Type: Article

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