Melanocortin 5 receptor and ocular immunity

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 53-59

  Taylor, A W ^a   Kitaichi, N ^b   Biros, D ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immune regulation; Melanocortin receptor; Neuroimmunomodulation; Ocular autoimmune disease; Regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; MELANOCORTIN 5 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RETINA INJURY; SPLEEN; UVEORETINITIS;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; EYE; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RETINA; RETINITIS; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TIME FACTORS; UVEITIS;

EID: 33745586315     PISSN: 01455680     EISSN: 1165158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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