New thoughts on the immunology of corneal transplantation

Eye

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 943-948

  Streilein, J W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ACAID; Antigen presenting cells; Immune privilege; Major hisocompatibility complex

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; FAS ANTIGEN; LIGAND; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPH VESSEL; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346327189     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700615     Document Type: Article

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