We previously reported that human conjunctival epithelial cells expressed functioning interleukin-4 receptor ? (IL-4R?). In this study, we investigated whether human corneal epithelial cells also express functioning IL-4R?.
Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-cho, Hirokoji-agaru, Kawaramachi-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-0841, Japan. mueta@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp