Gamma-irradiation reduces the allogenicity of donor corneas

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 7151-7158

  Stevenson, William ^a   Cheng, Sheng Fu ^a   Emami Naeini, Parisa ^a   Hua, Jing ^a   Paschalis, Eleftherios I ^a   Dana, Reza ^a   Saban, Daniel R ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; ALLOANTIGEN;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HELPER CELL; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION STERILIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL SURVIVAL; CORNEA OPACITY; GAMMA RADIATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; METHODOLOGY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CORNEA; CORNEAL OPACITY; GAMMA RAYS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; ISOANTIGENS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84871907941     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-9609     Document Type: Article

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