Differences in leukocyte phenotype and interferon-γ expression in stroma and endothelium during corneal graft rejection

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 339-347

  Nicholls, Susan M ^a   Banerjee, Sanjiv ^a   Figueiredo, Francisco C ^b   Crome, Sara ^a   Mistry, Sanjay ^a   Easty, David L ^a   Dick, Andrew D ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

corneal endothelium; corneal transplantation; graft rejection; immunohistochemistry; interferon gamma; rat

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; ISOGRAFT; LEUKOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT STRAIN; RECIPIENT; SLIT LAMP; STROMA; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON TYPE II; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33744928390     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2005.12.018     Document Type: Article

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