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Immune Privilege: The Microbiome and Uveitis.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2020
Mölzer Christine, Heissigerova Jarmila, Wilson Heather M, Kuffova Lucia, Forrester John V
Abstract excerpt
Immune privilege (IP), a term introduced to explain the unpredicted acceptance of allogeneic grafts by the eye and the brain, is considered a unique property of these tissues. However, immune responses are modified by the tissue in which they occur, most of which possess IP to some degree. The eye therefore displays a spectrum of IP because it comprises several tissues. IP as originally conceived can only apply...
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