Overview of recent immunological research in ophthalmology
Immunology in Clinic Practice, NOVA Publications , ss.75-81, 2011
- Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Araştırma Kitabı
- Basım Tarihi: 2011
- Yayınevi: NOVA Publications
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.75-81
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Conjunctival surface, Eye, Glaucoma, Macular degeneration, Ocular surface immunity, Retina, Sclera
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The eye is a common target of inflammatory responses included by local and systemic immunologic reactions; therefore it is vulnerable to a variety of immunologically mediated diseases. Since the transparency of the visual axis is absolutely required for accurate vision, the eye can tolerate inflammation to only a very limited degree. The conventional type of immunity generated while antigens or pathogens penetrating through the skin has almost never been observed in the normal eye. Accordingly, any immune responses taking place in or on the eye are regulated. The eye is immunologically unique because it has no formed lymph nodes. On the ocular surface, immunity reactions resemble those observed on the other mucosal surfaces. As the evidence has still been accumulating the effect of inflammatory events in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration, a new idea has been suggested that anti-inflammatory drugs might postpone the degeneration process. © 2010 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.