A novel rat model to study the functions of macrophages during normal development and pathophysiology of the eye

Immunology Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 299-302

  Hose, Stacey ^a   Zigler Jr , J Samuel ^b   Sinha, Debasish ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Hyaloid vessels; Lens; Macrophage; Necrosis; Phagocytosis; Retina

Indexed keywords

CD11 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOTE; LENS; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD11B; APOPTOSIS; ECTODYSPLASINS; EYE; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUTATION; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RETINA; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 10044276943     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2004.09.017     Document Type: Article

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