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Genetic background determines the nature of immune responses and experimental immune-mediated blepharoconjunctivitis (EC).
Current eye research - 1 Feb 1999
Yoshida O, Yoshida H, Iwamoto H, Nishino K, Fukushima A, Ueno H
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Experimental immune-mediated blepharoconjunctivitis (EC) was induced in Lewis rats by immunization with ovalbumin (OVA) in complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) or aluminum hydroxide [Al(OH)3]. To investigate the affect of genetic factors on the susceptibility of EC, we tested different strains of rats for the development of EC. METHODS: Lewis and Brown Norway (BN) rats were immunized once with 100 microg of...
Topics
- Aluminum Hydroxide
- Animals
- Antibody Formation
- Blepharitis
- Conjunctivitis
- Cytokines
- Disease Models, Animal
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Freund's Adjuvant
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
