PUTATIVE AUTOIMMUNE RESPONSES IN UVEITIS PATIENTS,PARTICULARLY SEROLOGIC RESPONSES

摘要

Autoimmunity to ocular antigens is assumed to play a major role in the pathogenesis of many intraocular inflammatory conditions or uveitis in humans This notion is based on the fact that immunization with different components of ocular tissue may cause a disease in animals which resembles certain uveitis in various aspects. The presence of autoantigens to ocular tissue may become one of the important factors to trigger uveitis and the