Immune response in the conjunctival epithelium of patients with dry eye

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 524-529

  Barabino, Stefano ^a   Montaldo, Elisa ^a   Solignani, Federico ^a   Valente, Cristiana ^a   Mingari, Maria Cristina ^a,b   Rolando, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conjunctival epithelium; Dry eye; Immune cells; Impression cytology

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIBODY; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIBODY; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CK19 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYTOKERATIN 19; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRY EYE; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONJUNCTIVA; EPITHELIUM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COUNT; CONJUNCTIVA; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KERATIN-19; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84755161149     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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