The goal of this chapter is to introduce the immune response processes and mechanisms that occur in different compartments of the eye. This is done to explain the relationship between ocular anatomy and immunogenic inflammation, and to understand the consequences of ocular immune system’s malfunction.
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Kump, L., Margalit, E. (2008). Anterior Chamber and Retina. In: Gendelman, H.E., Ikezu, T. (eds) Neuroimmune Pharmacology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72573-4_5
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