Lymphangiogenesis may play a role in cultivated limbal stem cell transplant rejection

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 381-383

  Zakaria, Nadia ^a   Van Marck, Veerle ^a   Koppen, Carina ^a   Berneman, Zwi ^a   Tassignon, Marie Jose ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cultivated limbal stem cell transplant failure; Cyclopsorin A; Graft rejection; Immunosuppression; Limbal stem cell deficiency; Lymphangiogenesis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOKERATIN 19; EYE DROPS; HLA ANTIGEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BANDAGE CONTACT LENS; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL BURN; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA REFLEX; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EYE BURN; EYE PAIN; EYE REDNESS; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHOTOPHOBIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84867090195     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273948.2012.708958     Document Type: Article

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