Reactivation of uveitogenic T cells by retinal astrocytes derived from experimental autoimmune uveitis-prone B10RIII mice

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 282-289

  Jiang, Guomin ^a   Ke, Yan ^a   Sun, Deming ^a   Han, Gencheng ^a   Kaplan, Henry J ^a   Shao, Hui ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERPHOTORECEPTOR RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; THYMIDINE; EYE PROTEIN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; IL17 PROTEIN, RAT; INTERSTITIAL RETINOL-BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RETINA NERVE CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; UVEITIS; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; C57BL MOUSE; COCULTURE; DISEASE MODEL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; INTERLEUKIN-17; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RETINA; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; UVEITIS;

EID: 39549116794     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0371     Document Type: Article

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