Table 2. Antibodies used in this study and their specificities.
| Primary Antibody |
Specificity |
Companies |
| I-Ad |
Mouse anti-mouse MHC-II antigen |
Pharmingen, San Diego, CA |
| CDllc |
Hamster anti-mouse pi50.95. DC/LC marker |
Serotec, Raleigh, NC |
| B7-1/CD80 |
Hamster anti-mouse B7-1 co-stimulatory molecule |
Pharmingen, San Diego, CA |
| B7-2/CD86 |
Rat anti-mouse B7-2 co-stimulatory molecule |
Pharmingen, San Diego, CA |
| F4/80 |
Rat anti-mouse F4/80 monocytes-macrophages marker |
Serotec, Raleigh, NC |
| Mouse IgG2b |
Control antibody for I-Ad (MHC-II) antigen |
Pharmingen, San Diego, CA |
| Hamster IgG |
Control antibody for CDllc. B7-1 |
Serotec, Raleigh, NC |
| Rat IgG 2b | Control antibody for F4/80. B7-2 | Serotec, Raleigh, NC |
Different antibodies were used to examine the immune cells of the murine cornea. All primary antibodies and OVA were conjugated with either Alexa Fluor 488 (green) or Alexa Fluor 594 (red) using the Monoclonal Antibody Labeling Kit according to the manufacturer's (Molecular Probes, Eugene, OR) instructions.