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Editorial
. 2015 Jun;15(6):1453-4.
doi: 10.1111/ajt.13238. Epub 2015 Apr 14.

The cornea has "the nerve" to encourage immune rejection

T Blanco  1 , D R Saban  1   2
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Editorial

The cornea has "the nerve" to encourage immune rejection

T Blanco et al. Am J Transplant. 2015 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: antigen presentation / recognition; basic (laboratory) research / science; corneal transplantation / ophthalmology; dendritic cell; editorial / personal viewpoint; immune regulation; immunobiology; lymphocyte biology; macrophage / monocyte biology; neurology.

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Figure 1. Mononuclear phagocytes are in contact with corneal nerves
Micrograph of normal cornea excised from CX3CR1-Cre; Rosa-fGFP mice and stained for neuron-specific class III beta-tubulin (Tuj 1). (a, b) Mononuclear phagocyte (green) and nerves (red) shown in an (a) en face and (b) side view image of the corneal epithelium.
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