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Novel characterization of MHC class II-negative population of resident corneal Langerhans cell-type dendritic cells.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Mar 2002
Hamrah Pedram, Zhang Qiang, Liu Ying, Dana M Reza
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PURPOSE: The presence of antigen-presenting cells (APCs) such as Langerhans cells (LCs), an epithelial form of dendritic cells (DCs), in corneal tissue is critical for generation of immune responses, including graft rejection and herpetic keratitis. The purpose of this study was to characterize the distribution and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigen expression of corneal LCs. METHODS: Normal and...
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