title: [The immune system and the eye].
abstract: The special relationship between the eye and the immune system rests on a number of anatomical, physiological and immunological mechanisms. These mechanisms prevent the delicate structures of the eye from potentially damaging immunogenic inflammation while protecting against pathogens. Rather than inflammation, antigen induces a form of systemic and antigen-specific immunological tolerance. Owing to its systemic nature, this tolerance may be utilised to achieve successful treatment of immunological disorders.
authors.affiliation: Københavns Universitet, Panum Instituttet, Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet, Immunologi og Mikrobiologi, København N. carstenfaber@gmail.com
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Faber
authors.forename: Mogens Holst
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Nissen
mesh_terms: D000941:Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000276:immunology; D018916:Blood-Aqueous Barrier / Q000276:immunology; D001813:Blood-Retinal Barrier / Q000276:immunology; D005123:Eye / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance / Q000276:immunology*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000941:Antigens