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Characterization of phenotype and cytokine profiles of T cell lines derived from vitreous humour in ocular inflammation in man.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Jun 1999
Muhaya M, Calder V L, Towler H M, Jolly G, McLauchlan M, Lightman S
Abstract excerpt
Intermediate uveitis (IU) and Fuchs' heterochromic cyclitis (FHC) are two chronic ocular inflammatory disorders. They differ considerably in ocular morbidity, which is higher in IU. T cell lines were derived from the vitreous humour (VH) and peripheral blood (PB) of 10 patients with IU and four patients with FHC. There was a predominance of CD8+ in all the lines. However, there was a significantly higher...
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