Enrichment of lymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptor 1 (LYVE1)-positive macrophages around blood vessels in the normal human sclera

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 865-872

  Schlereth, Simona L ^a   Neuser, Barbara ^a   Caramoy, Albert ^a   Grajewski, Rafael S ^a   Koch, Konrad R ^a   Schrödl, Falk ^b   Cursiefen, Claus ^a   Heindl, Ludwig M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Immunohistochemistry; Lymphatic vessels; Macrophages; Sclera

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MACROPHAGES; SCLERA;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD31; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD VESSELS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SCLERA; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84893872537     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13453     Document Type: Article

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