A novel association between resident tissue macrophages and nerves in the peripheral stroma of the murine cornea

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1313-1320

  Seyed Razavi, Yashar ^a   Chinnery, Holly R ^b   McMenamin, Paul G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cornea; Cx3cr1 deficiency; Dendritic cells; Nerve associated macrophages; Sterile injury

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CD11B ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CX3CR1; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IBA 1; KETAMINE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA STROMA; DEBRIDEMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATITIS; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; MURINAE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL;

CORNEA; CX3CR1 DEFICIENCY; DENDRITIC CELLS; NERVE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGES; STERILE INJURY;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; DENDRITIC CELLS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84897602698     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12995     Document Type: Article

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