Galectin-9-mediated protection from allo-specific T cells as a mechanism of immune privilege of corneal allografts.

The eye is an immune-privileged organ, and corneal transplantation is therefore one of the most successful organ transplantation. The immunosuppressive intraocular microenvironment is known as one of the mechanisms underlying immune privilege in the eye. T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain (Tim)-...

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Main Authors: Machiko Shimmura-Tomita, Mingcong Wang, Hiroko Taniguchi, Hisaya Akiba, Hideo Yagita, Junko Hori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3646846?pdf=render