Uveitis and immunological disorders encompass a wide spectrum of potentially blinding
diseases that are seen in daily practice by many ophthalmologists. In recent years enormous …

Importance To better characterize posterior uveitis, vitreous samples from 15 patients were
subjected to antibody arrays, and the expression levels of 200 human cytokines were …

Interleukins and cytokines are involved in the pathogenesis of uveitis of heterogeneous
origin. Understanding the basics of the ocular immune privilege is a fulcrum to discern their …

Non-infectious uveitis comprehends a heterogeneous group of intraocular inflammatory
diseases that arise without a known infectious trigger. This complex group of disorders is …

Ocular inflammatory disease is a leading cause of vision loss worldwide. Uveitis
encompasses a wide spectrum of pathology, both with respect to its etiology and the …

Ocular inflammatory diseases, such as dry eye and uveitis, are common, painful, difficult to
treat, and may result in vision loss or blindness. Ocular side effects from the use of …

Experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU) is the most commonly used animal model to study
the progression of chronic uveitis and to test various therapies to treat the disease. However …

S100B, originally found in glial cells (astrocyte and microglial cells), acts as an intracellular
Ca++-sensor and an extracellular regulator protein. Its neuronal trophic or toxic effect on …

For more than 20 years, my research interests have concen-trated on the cellular, molecular,
and genetic mechanisms involved in the breakdown of self tolerance to immunologically …