Expression of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase in human corneal cells as a local immunosuppressive factor

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 4148-4152

  Ryu, Yang Hwan ^a   Kim, Jae Chan ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MESSENGER RNA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; WESTERN BLOTTING; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INDOLEAMINE-PYRROLE 2,3,-DIOXYGENASE; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 35148819139     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-1336     Document Type: Article

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