Can the Hair Follicle Become a Model for Studying Selected Aspects of Human Ocular Immune Privilege?

    June 2011 in “ Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ”
    Michael Kinori, Jennifer E. Kloepper, Ralf Paus
    Studysummary This article argues that human scalp hair follicles could serve as a surrogate model for studying immune privilege in the human eye, offering a novel approach for ocular IP research.
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