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CXCR2-/- mice show enhanced susceptibility to herpetic stromal keratitis: a role for IL-6-induced neovascularization.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Jan 2004
Banerjee Kaustuv, Biswas Partha S, Kim Bumseok, Lee Sujin, Rouse Barry T
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Ocular infection with HSV results in a blinding immunoinflammatory lesion known as herpetic stromal keratitis (HSK). Early preclinical events include inflammatory cell, mainly neutrophils, infiltration of the stroma, and neovascularization. To further evaluate the role of neutrophils in pathogenesis, HSV infection was compared in BALB/c and mice of the same background, but lacking CXCR2, the receptor for...
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