Mouse models of experimental autoimmune uveitis: Comparative analysis of adjuvant-induced vs spontaneous models of uveitis

Current Molecular Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 550-557

  Chen, J ^a,b   Qian, H ^b   Horai, R ^b   Chan, C C ^b   Caspi, R R ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroretinography; Experimental autoimmune uveitis; Histology; Mice; Optical coherence tomography; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT DISEASE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE UVEITIS; CELL INFILTRATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE FUNDUS; EYE INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; VISION; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UVEITIS;

AUTOANTIGEN; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RETINA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UVEITIS;

EID: 84940935178     PISSN: 15665240     EISSN: 18755666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1566524015666150731100318     Document Type: Article

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