title: Interaction of angiogenic and immune mechanisms in the eye.
abstract: Although a critical physiologic process, angiogenesis also contributes to the pathology associated with a variety of ocular diseases. Here we describe immune factors that regulate angiogenesis and review recent attempts to exploit these factors in animal models of ocular disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. hendricksrr@msx.upmc.edu
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Hendricks
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D005123:Eye / Q000098:blood supply / Q000276:immunology*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000276:immunology; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines