Anatomy and immunology of the ocular surface

Chemical Immunology and Allergy

Volumn 92, Issue , 2007, Pages 36-49

  Knop, Erich ^a   Knop, Nadja ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALPHA CHEMOKINE; BETA DEFENSIN 1; BETA DEFENSIN 2; BETA DEFENSIN 3; BETA DEFENSIN 4; CATHELICIDIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; EFFECTOR CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYELID CLOSURE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LACRIMAL GLAND; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; VISUAL SYSTEM; ANIMAL; EYE; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EYE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNITY, NATURAL;

EID: 33947493325     PISSN: 16602242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000099252     Document Type: Article

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