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OBJECTIVE
To investigate metallothionein (MT) expression in pterygium, pinguecula and normal conjunctiva and define its possible significance in this area of the eye. In order to further elucidate the mechanism of MT expression we correlated it with lymphocyte subpopulations (T4, T8), macrophages
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) was studied in conjunctiva. Two specimens of normal conjunctiva and eleven of diseases ones, consisting of 2 pingueculas, 4 healing traumatic conjunctiva , and 5 proliferative disorders, were studied immunohistochemically using rabbit anti-human EGFR antibody
The immunohistochemical expression of HLA-DR antigen, CD8, CD4, CD68, S1OO, PCNA and Ki-67 was performed in order to investigate the role of immune mechanisms in pterygium, in correlation with proliferative activity. A series of 98 surgically-excised pterygia, 18 pingueculae and 20 normal