The ocular immune system protects the eye from infection and regulates healing processes following injuries. The interior of the eye lacks lymph vessels...
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Uveitis (redirect from Ocular uveitis)
vision Onset of uveitis can broadly be described as a failure of the ocular immune system and the disease results from inflammation and tissue destruction...
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The sensory nervous system is a part of the nervous system responsible for processing sensory information. A sensory system consists of sensory neurons...
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Lens (vertebrate anatomy) (redirect from Natural ocular lens)
optical two-photon fluorescence microscopy probes cellular organization of ocular lenses in vivo". bioRxiv 10.1101/2023.01.17.524320. Mitchell, PC (April...
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of Michigan Health System - "Sagittal Section Through the Eyeball" Atlas image: eye_3 at the University of Michigan Health System - "Coronal Section Through...
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March 15, 2004) was a scientist whose main area of research was the ocular immune system. He is known particularly for studying the mechanisms that keep the...
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recognised as foreign antigens by the body and attacked by the immune system. However, in immune privileged sites, tissue grafts can survive for extended periods...
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Outline of immunology (category Immune system)
defense system - Respiratory tract Neuroimmunology - Neuroimmune system in the Central nervous system Ocularimmunology - Ocular immune system in the Eye...
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HIV/AIDS (redirect from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system. It is a preventable disease. There is no vaccine or cure for HIV. It...
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spreading into the cornea, because due to the limitations of ocular immune system the immune cells take up to several hours to arrive at the site of injury...
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Ataxia–telangiectasia (category Systemic atrophies primarily affecting the central nervous system)
and leukemia, and some laboratory measures of impaired immune function, but do not have ocular telangiectasia or an elevated level of AFP.[citation needed]...
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developed ocular involvement at a mean age of 30. Ocular involvement was the first manifestation of Behçet's disease in 8.6 percent of patients. Ocular Behçet's...
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In immunology, passive immunity is the transfer of active humoral immunity of ready-made antibodies. Passive immunity can occur naturally, when maternal...
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Myasthenia gravis (section Immune suppressants)
gravis have a higher percentage of other immune disorders. The thymus gland cells form part of the body's immune system. In those with myasthenia gravis, the...
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Blood–testis barrier (category Animal reproductive system)
sperm enters the bloodstream, the immune system mounts an autoimmune response against the sperm, since the immune system has not been tolerized against the...
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body's immune system plays a significant role. Acquired immune system cells, specifically T-cells, are found at the site of lesions. Other immune system cells...
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this surgery is known as pars plana vitrectomy. Lee Ann, Remington. Clinical anatomy and physiology of the visual system (3 ed.). Elsevier. p. 47. v t e...
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biocompatibility NKG2D Non-peptidic antigen Nonspecific immune cell Nuocyte Nutritional immunology Ocular immune system Oligoclonal band Oligopeptidase Oncoantigen...
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Toxoplasmosis (redirect from Toxoplasmosis, ocular)
small number of people, eye problems may develop. In those with a weak immune system, severe symptoms such as seizures and poor coordination may occur. If...
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eye is considered an "immune privileged site", like the brain and the testis. Glaucoma Hyphema Hypopyon Intraocular pressure Ocular hypertension Anterior...
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(middle) Retina (inner) Anatomical regions of the eye Other Keratocytes Ocular immune system Optical coherence tomography Eye care professional Eye disease Refractive...
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Blood–brain barrier (redirect from Blood-brain immune barrier)
passage of peripheral immune factors, like signaling molecules, antibodies, and immune cells, into the central nervous system, thus insulating the brain...
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commonly associated with: posterior vitreous detachment migraine aura (ocular migraine / retinal migraine) migraine aura without headache scintillating...
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from: venulitis on skin biopsy, arthritis, ocular inflammation, abdominal pain or positive C1q antibodies to immune complexes. It is this last category, anti-C1q...
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activation of mast cells in the ocular surface. When a particular allergen is present, sensitization takes place and prepares the system to launch an antigen specific...
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ALPK1 gene, an innate immune sensor for bacterial sugars. While the initial descriptions of ROSAH syndrome emphasized the ocular manifestations of the...
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Graft-versus-host disease (category Immune system disorders)
transplants and stem cell transplants. White blood cells of the donor's immune system which remain within the donated tissue (the graft) recognize the recipient...
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nocardial infection requires some degree of immune suppression.[citation needed] A weakened immune system is a general indicator of a person who is more...
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MHC class I (category Immune system)
cytotoxic T cells; this will trigger an immediate response from the immune system against a particular non-self antigen displayed with the help of an...
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and served as associate professor and then professor of ophthalmology and ocular oncology at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Illinois at...
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