Role of structural cells of the cornea and conjunctiva in the pathogenesis of vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-187

  Kumagai, Naoki ^a   Fukuda, Ken ^a   Fujitsu, Youichiro ^a   Yamamoto, Kazutaka ^a   Nishida, Teruo ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 14; INTERLEUKIN 4; METALLOPROTEINASE; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SKIN;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CORNEAL STROMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR;

EID: 32444443959     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2005.09.002     Document Type: Review

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