- Title
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Compartmentalized ocular lymphatic system mediates eye-brain immunity
- Authors
- Yin, X., Zhang, S., Lee, J.H., Dong, H., Mourgkos, G., Terwilliger, G., Kraus, A., Geraldo, L.H., Poulet, M., Fischer, S., Zhou, T., Mohammed, F.S., Zhou, J., Wang, Y., Malloy, S., Rohner, N., Sharma, L., Salinas, I., Eichmann, A., Thomas, J.L., Saltzman, W.M., Huttner, A., Zeiss, C., Ring, A., Iwasaki, A., Song, E.
- Source
- Full text @ Nature
Antigens in the posterior eye elicit immune responses in the brain. |
Eyes have a compartmentalized lymphatic drainage system. |
Optic nerve sheath lymphatics drain the posterior eye. |
Lymphatic inhibition enables repeat rAAV administration. |