Environmental Microbes and Uveitis: Is Microbial Exposure Always Bad?

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 469-475

  Massilamany, C ^a   Gangaplara, A ^a,b   Reddy, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN DERIVATIVE; CATHEPSIN L; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CLASSICAL COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; DNA POLYMERASE; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERPHOTORECEPTOR RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; M PROTEIN; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; RETINA S ANTIGEN; RHODOPSIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; HLA ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; BLOOD EYE BARRIER; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CROSS REACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE INJURY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; UVEITIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; UVEITIS;

EID: 84929177032     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sji.12297     Document Type: Review

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