Defense mechanisms of tears and ocular surface

Encyclopedia of the Eye, Four-Volume Set

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-8

  McDermott, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; Antimicrobial peptide; Cathelicidin; Complement; Defensin; Infection; Keratitis; Langerhans cell; Lysozyme; Mucin; Phospholipase A2; Toll like receptor

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960963447     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374203-2.00057-9     Document Type: Chapter

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