M cells in the follicle-associated epithelium of the rabbit conjunctiva preferentially bind and translocate latex beads

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4217-4223

  Liu, Hongshan ^a   Meagher, Carisa K ^a   Moore, Cecil P ^a   Phillips, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATEX; POLYSTYRENE; MICROSPHERE; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH FOLLICLE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; METABOLISM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CONJUNCTIVA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSPHERES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RABBITS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 33644673252     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0280     Document Type: Article

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