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Corneal Fibroblasts as Sentinel Cells and Local Immune Modulators in Infectious Keratitis

The cornea serves as a barrier to protect the eye against external insults including microbial pathogens and antigens. Bacterial infection of the cornea often results in corneal melting and scarring that can lead to severe visual impairment. Not only live bacteria but also their components such as l...

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Autores principales: Fukuda, Ken, Ishida, Waka, Fukushima, Atsuki, Nishida, Teruo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5618480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28832498
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms18091831

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