| CURRENT OPHTHALMOLOGY |
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| Year : 1999 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 65-77 |
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Immunomodulation in human and experimental uveitis: Recent advances
Vijay Kumar Singh1, Sumita Biswas1, Geeta Rai1, Shyam Swaroop Agarwal2
1 Department of Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
2 Department of Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Correspondence Address:
Vijay Kumar Singh
Department of Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow - 226 014
India
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Experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU) is a T-cell mediated autoimmune disease that targets the neural retina and serves as a model of human uveitis. EAU can be induced against several retinal proteins in rats, mice, and subhuman primates. These include the S-antigen, a major protein in retinal photoreceptor cells; interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP); and rhodopsin and other antigens of retinal origin. There are many similarities between clinical uveitis and EAU, but the latter differs in being self-limited, and needs adjuvant for disease induction. The experimental disease can be induced only in susceptible animal strains. Use of the EAU model has helped investigators understand the pathophysiology of the disease and to evaluate disease-modifying strategies, which could be applied in the clinic. There has been significant progress in this field during last decade, but much more understanding is needed before the knowledge can be transferred to clinical practice. A deeper understanding of the immune mechanisms involved in the EAU model may lead to the development of new therapeutic approaches targeted at various components of the immune response by immunomodulation to control uveitis. This review summarises the evidence from the EAU model, which could be of relevance to the clinical management of patients with uveitis. |
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