Corneal and conjunctival fibroblasts are major sources of eosinophil-recruiting chemokines

Allergology International

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 499-508

  Fukagawa, Kazumi ^a,b,c   Okada, Naoko ^a,b   Fujishima, Hiroshi ^a,d   Nakajima, Toshiharu ^b   Takano, Yoji ^a,d   Tanaka, Mari ^a   Dogru, Murat ^a   Satake, Yoshiyuki ^c   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a   Saito, Hirohisa ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^c Ryogoku Eye Clinic   (Japan)

^d INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemokine; Conjunctiva; Epithelial cells; Fibroblast; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; EOTAXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL TYPE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

EID: 75449119699     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.09-OA-0092     Document Type: Article

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