title: Cellular response to inflammation at the limbus.
abstract: The role in ocular (limbal) inflammation of the rich vascular and lymphatic supply is discussed in detail. The distribution of lymphocytes, mast cells, Langerhans cells, macrophages and other cellular elements are discussed as well as their individual and collective response to inflammation whether due to infectious or non-infectious disease states. Among the non-infectious causes of limbal cellular inflammation are the four types of hypersensitivity response.
authors.affiliation: Francis T Proctor Foundation, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco 94143.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Smolin
mesh_terms: D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000276:immunology; D003315:Cornea / Q000098:blood supply / Q000276:immunology*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology; D007637:Keratoconjunctivitis / Q000276:immunology; D012590:Sclera / Q000098:blood supply / Q000276:immunology*