In vivo multi-modal imaging of experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis in transgenic reporter mice reveals the dynamic nature of inflammatory changes during disease progression

Journal of Neuroinflammation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chen, Xiangting ^a   Kezic, Jelena M ^a   Forrester, John V ^b,c,d   Goldberg, Gabrielle L ^e   Wicks, Ian P ^e   Bernard, Claude C ^a   McMenamin, Paul G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d LIONS EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical imaging; Dendritic cells; Experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis; Microglia; Neutrophils; Reporter mice; Retinal inflammation

Indexed keywords

INTERPHOTORECEPTOR RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CX3CR1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; EYE PROTEIN; FREUND ADJUVANT; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; INTERSTITIAL RETINOL-BINDING PROTEIN; LYSOZYME; LYSOZYME M, MOUSE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PHOTOPROTEIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL INFILTRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE UVEORETINITIS; EYE FUNDUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA IMAGE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UVEORETINITIS; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINITIS; TIME FACTOR; UVEITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD11C; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EYE PROTEINS; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; MURAMIDASE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, CHEMOKINE; RETINAL VESSELS; RETINITIS; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; UVEITIS;

EID: 85017330326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17422094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12974-015-0235-6     Document Type: Article

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