Vulnerability of Allogeneic Retinal Pigment Epithelium to Immune T-Cell-Mediated Damage In Vivo and In Vitro

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 177-184

  Zamiri, Parisa ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^a   Streilein, J Wayne ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAS LIGAND;

ADOLESCENT; ALLOGENEIC PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DISRUPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE MEDIATED INJURY; IMMUNITY; MALE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0347358072     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0211     Document Type: Article

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