Lymph node removal enhances corneal graft survival in mice at high risk of rejection

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>As shown previously, the submandibular (SM) lymph node (LN) is required for priming the immune response during corneal graft rejection. In this study, we wished to determine whether corneal grafts at "high-risk" of rejectio...

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Main Authors: Holáň Vladimír, Plšková Jarmila, Filipec Martin, Forrester John V
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2004-03-01
Series:BMC Ophthalmology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2415/4/3