The privileged immunity of immune privileged organs: the case of the eye

Understanding of ocular diseases and the search for their cure have been based on the common assumption that the eye is an immune privileged site, and the consequent conclusion that entry of immune cells to this organ is forbidden. Accordingly, it was assumed that when immune cell entry does occur,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Benhar, Inbal, London, Anat, Schwartz, Michal
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Research Foundation 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3448293/