Role of natural killer cells in the rejection process of corneal allografts in rats

Transplantation

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 676-682

  Claerhout, Ilse ^a   Kestelyn, Philippe ^a   Debacker, Veronique ^a   Beele, Hilde ^a   Leclercq, Georges ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD161 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAFT REJECTION; LYMPH NODE CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD8; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT REJECTION; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 1642288443     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000114964.07637.B4     Document Type: Article

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