A decrease in the density of HLA-DR-positive cells occurs faster in corneas stored in organ culture than under hypothermic conditions

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-46

  Al Fakih, Aref ^a,b   Faltus, Vaclav ^c   Jirsova, Katerina ^a,b  

^a Institute of Inherited Metabolic Disorders   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

HLA DR positivity; Hypothermic storage; Immunohistochemistry; Organ culture

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA PRESERVATION; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FROZEN SECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; CELL COUNT; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; COMPLEX MIXTURES; CORNEA; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEXTRANS; GENTAMICINS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGAN PRESERVATION;

EID: 79959388446     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322801     Document Type: Article

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