Retinal ganglion cell loss is accompanied by antibody depositions and increased levels of microglia after immunization with retinal antigens

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Joachim, Stephanie C ^a   Gramlich, Oliver W ^b   Laspas, Panagiotis ^b   Schmid, Heiko ^a   Beck, Sabine ^b   von Pein, Harald D ^b   Dick, H Burkhard ^a   Pfeiffer, Norbert ^b   Grus, Franz H ^b  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CELL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RETINA ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ASSAY; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL INVASION; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CELL DEATH; GLAUCOMA; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MICROGLIA; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84864388752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040616     Document Type: Article

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