The Clinical Signs of Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis

INTRODUCTION: Autoimmune uveitis is a sight threatening disease which in many cases fails to respond to conventional immunosuppressive or biological therapy. The research in experimental models of autoimmune uveitis helps to find new therapeutical strategies. The aim of this study is to present the clinical and histological signs of experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU) in mice.

METHODS: EAU was induced in C57BL/6 mice by subcutaneous application of IRBP (interphotoreceptor retinoid binding protein) in complete Freunds adjuvant and intraperitoneal application of pertussis toxin. Clinical evaluation of uveitis was performed in vivo using special imaging system with otoscope. Histological evaluation of uveitis was performed at day 35 post induction of EAU on hematoxylin and eosin stained frozen sections. Clinical and histological grading was used to assess the inflammation intensity of EAU.

RESULTS: The intensity of inflammation is depicted on representative fundus images and histological images of retina at day 35 post induction.

CONCLUSION: The model of EAU is robust and reproducible and allows us to study the immunopathological mechanisms of inflammation and its regulation. The inflammatory signs in our model are similar to findings of posterior uveitis of autoimmune etiology in humans, thus we may apply our experimental results in human medicine.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:72

Enthalten in:

Ceska a slovenska oftalmologie : casopis Ceske oftalmologicke spolecnosti a Slovenske oftalmologicke spolecnosti - 72(2016), 1 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 276-82

Sprache:

Tschechisch

Weiterer Titel:

Klinické projevy experimentální autoimunitní uveitidy

Beteiligte Personen:

Klímová, A [VerfasserIn]
Seidler Štangová, P [VerfasserIn]
Svozílková, P [VerfasserIn]
Kučera, T [VerfasserIn]
Heissigerová, J [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Eye Proteins
Immunosuppressive Agents
Interstitial retinol-binding protein
Journal Article
Retinol-Binding Proteins

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 05.12.2017

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM259042951