A new look at immune privilege of the eye: Dual role for the vision-related molecule retinoic acid

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 187, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 4170-4177

  Zhou, Ru ^a   Horai, Reiko ^a   Mattapallil, Mary J ^a   Caspi, Rachel R ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; CD103 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GLUCOCORTICOID INDUCED TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; VISION;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EYE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 80054761002     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1101634     Document Type: Article

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