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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-9-9
pubmed:abstractText
Autoimmunity directed against retinal or choroidal antigens has been suggested to play a role in the chorioretinal lesions observed in patients with Fuchs' heterochromic cyclitis. This hypothesis was addressed and patients with Fuchs' heterochromic cyclitis were tested for cellular immunity (migration inhibitory factor assay) against human retinal S-antigen. A significantly higher percentage of patients with Fuchs' heterochromic cyclitis had a positive cellular autoimmune response to S-antigen than healthy controls and other patients with anterior uveitis. This finding is remarkable since Fuchs' heterochromic cyclitis is generally classified as an anterior uveitis and patients with Fuchs' heterochromic cyclitis without chorioretinal lesions also had a positive test. In view of these results and a sensitisation against a corneal antigen reported earlier in Fuchs' heterochromic cyclitis, it is suggested that a chronic low grade grade anterior uveitis or chorioretinitis of unknown origin may cause the release of potent autoantigens in these patients.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0007-1161
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
436-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Does autoimmunity to S-antigen play a role in Fuchs' heterochromic cyclitis?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmo-Immunology, The Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute, Amsterdam.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article