Conjunctival Interleukin-13 Expression in Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid and Functional Effects of Interleukin-13 on Conjunctival Fibroblasts in Vitro

Interleukin-13 (IL-13) is the dominant effector cytokine of fibrosis in pulmonary and liver disease. Excessive conjunctival fibrosis in the immunobullous disease ocular mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) causes blindness; the pathogenesis of scarring in this disease is incompletely understood. To dete...

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Hauptverfasser: Saw, Valerie P.J., Offiah, Ifeoma, Dart, Robin J., Galatowicz, Grazyna, Dart, John K.G., Daniels, Julie T., Calder, Virginia L.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: American Society for Investigative Pathology 2009
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2789612/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19910508
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2353/ajpath.2009.090579
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