Contralateral clinically unaffected eyes of patients with unilateral infectious keratitis demonstrate a sympathetic immune response

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6612-6620

  Cruzat, Andrea ^a,b   Schrems, Wolfgang A ^a   Schrems Hoesl, Laura M ^a   Cavalcanti, Bernardo M ^a   Baniasadi, Neda ^a   Witkin, Deborah ^a   Pavan Langston, Deborah ^a   Dana, Reza ^a   Hamrah, Pedram ^a,a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contralateral; Corneal nerves; Dendritic cells; In vivo confocal microscopy; Microbial keratitis

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL KERATITIS; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KERATITIS; KERATOMYCOSIS; MALE; MICROBIAL KERATITIS; NERVE PLEXUS; OPHTHALMIC ESTHESIOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SLIT LAMP; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; IMMUNOLOGY; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; KERATITIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84945206285     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.15-16560     Document Type: Article

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