Human corneal epithelium-derived thymic stromal lymphopoietin links the innate and adaptive immune responses via TLRs and Th2 cytokines

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2702-2709

  Ma, Ping ^a,b   Bian, Fang ^a,c   Wang, Zhichong ^b   Zheng, Xiaofen ^a,d   Chotikavanich, Suksri ^a   Pflugfelder, Stephen C ^a   Li, De Quan ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d SHANXI EYE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FLAGELLIN; FSL 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; QUINAZOLINE; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INTERLEUKIN 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPLANT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TH2 CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING; BIOSYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STROMA CELL; THYMUS;

ADULT; AGED; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM PROCESSES; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTERLEUKIN-7; MIDDLE AGED; NF-KAPPA B; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STROMAL CELLS; TH2 CELLS; THYMUS GLAND; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849127766     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-3074     Document Type: Article

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