Ocular immune privilege.
The eye attempts to limit local immune and inflammatory responses to preserve vision. This phenomenon, known as ocular immune privilege, is mediated by a combination of local and systemic mechanisms. While immune privilege is believed to protect the eye from day-to-day inflammatory insults, it is not absolute and its mechanisms are still incompletely understood.
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Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA.
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