- ►nih.gov JH Chang, PJ McCluskey, D Wakefield - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2006 - bjo.bmj.com Microbial agents have an important role in the pathogenesis of various
inflammatory eye diseases, such as uveitis and keratitis. Microbial infections
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- ►iovs.org JH Chang, P McCluskey, D Wakefield - Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2004 - ARVO RESULTS. Normal human uvea, retina, sclera, and conjunctiva constitutively
expressed TLR4, MD-2, and CD14 mRNA. The protein expression of these molecules
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BE Brito, DO Zamora, RA Bonnah, Y Pan, SR … - Experimental eye research, 2004 - Elsevier We investigated the expression of the functional endotoxin receptor proteins
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A Kumar, FSX Yu - Current molecular medicine, 2006 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov The ocular surface is constantly exposed to a wide array of microorganisms. The
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- ►iovs.org A Kumar, J Zhang, FSX Yu - Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2004 - ARVO METHODS. HUCL, a telomerase-immortalized HCEC line, and primary cultures of
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