Stromal architecture and immune tolerance in additive corneal xenografts in rodents

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 462-466

  Quantock, Andrew J ^a   Sano, Yoichiro ^b,c   Young, Robert D ^a   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Sano Eye Clinic   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cornea; Corneal oedema; Immune response; Xenograft

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FREEZE THAWING; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LIVING DONOR; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RECIPIENT; RODENT; STROMA CELL; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEAL OPACITY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 23144452467     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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