Topical flagellin-mediated innate defense against Candida albicans keratitis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3074-3082

  Gao, Nan ^a,b   Kumar, Ashok ^a,b   Guo, Hui ^a,b,c   Wu, Xinyi ^c   Wheater, Michelle ^d   Yu, Fu Shin X ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN; FLAGELLIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 2; MYELOPEROXIDASE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS KERATITIS; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE PROTECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNATE IMMUNITY; KERATOMYCOSIS; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCORING SYSTEM; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CANDIDIASIS; CATHELICIDINS; CORNEAL ULCER; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FLAGELLIN; LIGANDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 5;

EID: 79955965768     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5928     Document Type: Article

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