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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2018

Tolerance Induction in Relation to the Eye.

Igal Gery, Rachel R Caspi

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Igal GeryLaboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Rachel R CaspiLaboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, MD, United States.
National Eye Institute · US

Funding

Genetic, Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms in Autoimmunity to RetinaZIAEY000184 · NEI · NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE · PI CASPI, RACHEL R. · 2009 to 2025
$51.7M
T-CELL LINES AND CLONES IN UVEITAZ01EY000184 · NEI · NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE · PI CASPI, RACHEL R. · 1985 to 2008
$6.6M
IMMUNE RESPONSES TO OCULAR ANTIGENSZ01EY000069 · NEI · NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE · PI GERY, IGAL · 1985 to 2008
$2.7M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 EY000069Intramural NIH HHS Z01 EY000184
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory intraocular eye diseases, grouped under the term uveitis are blinding conditions, believed to be mediated by pathogenic autoimmune processes that overcome the protective mechanisms of the immune privilege status of the eye. An animal model for these diseases, named experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU), is induced by initiation of immunity against ocular-specific antigens, or it develops spontaneously in mice with T-cells that transgenically express TCR specific to the target eye antigen(s). T-Cells specific to ocular antigens are generated in the thymus and their majority are eliminated by exposure to their target antigen expressed in this organ. T-cells that escape this negative selection acquire pathogenicity by their activation with the target antigen. In spontaneous EAU, the microbiota play crucial roles in the acquisition of pathogenicity by providing both antigenic stimulation, by molecules that mimic the target ocular antigen, and an additional stimulation that allows invasion of tissues that harbor the target antigen. The pathogenic process is physiologically inhibited by the peripheral tolerance, composed of antigen-specific T-regulatory (Treg) lymphocytes. Deleting the Tregs enhances the ocular inflammation, whereas adoptively transferring them suppresses the pathogenic response. Potential usage of Treg cells for suppression of autoimmune diseases in humans is under intensive investigation.

Indexed as

Immune ToleranceAnimalsEyeEye DiseasesHumansUveitisexperimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU)microbiotaocular inflammation (uveitis)T-helper (Th) cellstolerance processT-regulatory cells (Treg)

Identifiers

PMID30356688
PMCPMC6189330
OpenAlexW2895884670

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