Re-programming immunosurveillance in persistent non-infectious ocular inflammation
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Re-programming immunosurveillance in persistent non-infectious ocular inflammation
Ocular function depends on a high level of anatomical integrity. This is threatened by inflammation, which alters the local tissue over short and long time-scales. Uveitis due to autoimmune disease, especially when it involves the retina, leads to persistent changes in how the eye interacts with the immune system. The normal pattern of immune surveillance, which for immune privileged tissues is...
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عنوان ژورنال: Progress in Retinal and Eye Research
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1350-9462
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2018.03.001