H Yato, Y Matsumoto - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1999 - bjo.bmj.com AIMS Natural killer T (NKT) cells, T lymphocytes expressing both T cell and NK
cell markers, are suggested to be involved in autoimmune diseases. To examine
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T Tanaka, N Yamakawa, H Yamaguchi, AA … - Ophthalmic research, 1996 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Yersinia enterocolitica-derived heat-shock protein (HSP60) was recently
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