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Corneal Lymphatics: Role in Ocular Inflammation as Inducer and Responder of Adaptive Immunity

The normal cornea is devoid of lymphatic and blood vessels, thus suppressing both the afferent (lymphatic) and efferent (vascular) arms of the immune response–contributing to its ‘immune privilege’. Inflammation, however, negates this unique ‘immune’ and ‘angiogenic’ privilege of the cornea. Abnorma...

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Autores principales: Chauhan, Sunil K., Dohlman, Thomas H., Dana, Reza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4287999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25580370
http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2155-9899.1000256