The privilege of immunity in 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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Main Authors: lnbal eBenhar, Anat eLondon, Michal eSchwartz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2012.00296/full