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Studies of Arthritis and Other Lesions Induced in Rats by Injection of Mycobacterial AdjuvantIII. Lesions of the Eye
BYRON H. WAKSMAN, M.D.;
S. J. BULLINGTON, M.D.
Arch Ophthalmol. 1960;64(5):751-762.
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In view of the importance of so-called "endogenous" uveitis as a cause of disability and even of permanent blindness,1 it is remarkable that no adequate technique exists for reproducing this lesion experimentally. A possible model is provided by serum disease of the eye, which has been the subject of a great number of investigations (reviewed by Foss2). In this type of experiment, however, there is manipulation of the eye itself, usually the injection of antigen directly into the anterior chamber or the vitreous, or local trauma permitting escape of antigen from the circulation into the eye. Autoimmunization to antigens of the eye, notably lens3 and uvea,4,5 has been reported to give inflammatory uveal lesions. These, however, bear a closer resemblance to the human diseases phakoanaphylactic endophthalmitis and sympathetic ophthalmia than to "endogenous" uveitis.
In the course of studying an experimental arthritis, produced in the rat by
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Author Affiliations
Boston
National Neurological Research Foundation Scientist (Dr. Waksman). Present address of Dr. Bullington: Geisinger Memorial Hospital, Danville, Pa.; From the Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Harvard Medical School, and the Neurology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital; and the Retina Foundation.
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Submitted for publication June 28, 1960.
This study was supported by grants from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness (B-919) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (E-1257).
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