In the inflamed cornea, there is a parallel outgrowth of blood and lymphatic vessels into the normally avascular cornea. We tested whether adaptive and/or innate immune cells were actively involved… (More)
T cells that encounter ocular pigment epithelium in vitro are inhibited from undergoing TCR-triggered activation, and instead acquire the capacity to suppress the activation of bystander T cells.… (More)
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To investigate whether supplementation of natural CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells ameliorates mouse experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis (EAU) induced by CD4+ T cell-dependent interphotoreceptor… (More)
Abstract Background. Sunset glow fundus is considered an important ocular finding for diagnosing and understanding the pathogenesis of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease. In this study, we… (More)
PURPOSE
To determine whether supernatants of human retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells can convert CD4⁺ T cells into regulatory T cells (Tregs) under Treg-induction conditions in vitro and in… (More)
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Prior work has shown that autoimmune uveoretinitis develops spontaneously in CD25(+)CD4(+) regulatory T-cell-depleted mice (Tr-depleted mice). In this study, the generation of autoantibodies… (More)
Cyclophosphamide induced fragmented nuclei in mouse thymic epithelial cells. Agarose gel electrophoresis showed the fragmentation of the DNA extracted from mouse thymus exposed to cyclophosphamide.… (More)
B ehçet’s disease is a multisystem disorder named after the Turkish dermatologist, Hulusi Behçet (1889–1948), who recognised and reported in 1937 a triad of symptoms consisting of recurrent eye… (More)
The interaction of programmed death-1 (PD-1) expressed on T cells with its ligands B7H1 (PDL1) and B7DC (PDL2) is known to be a mechanism of T cell inhibition. In the present study, we examined… (More)