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Ocular surface inflammation mediated by innate immunity.
Eye & contact lens - 1 Sept 2010
Ueta Mayumi, Kinoshita Shigeru
Abstract excerpt
This review addresses three subjects: the innate immunity of the ocular surface epithelium, innate immunity and ocular surface inflammation, and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and abnormality of innate immunity. In innate immunity of the ocular surface epithelium, ocular surface epithelial cells respond selectively to microbial components and induce limited inflammation, whereas immune-competent cells such as...
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