Local production of secretory IgA in the eye-associated lymphoid tissue (EALT) of the normal human ocular surface

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2322-2329

  Knop, Erich ^a   Knop, Nadja ^b   Claus, Peter ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J CHAIN; SECRETORY COMPONENT;

ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LACRIMAL GLAND; LYMPHOID TISSUE; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; AGED; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; METABOLISM; MUCOSA; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; CONJUNCTIVA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J-CHAINS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PLASMA CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SECRETORY COMPONENT;

EID: 47249103319     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0691     Document Type: Article

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