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    Glossary Immune Privilege

    certain body areas limit immune responses to prevent tissue damage

    Immune privilege refers to certain areas of the body, such as the eyes, brain, and hair follicles, where the immune system's activity is naturally limited to prevent damage to delicate tissues. This means that these areas can tolerate the introduction of antigens without eliciting a strong inflammatory immune response, which helps protect critical functions but can also make them vulnerable to infections or diseases.

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    1. Resident T cell activation leads to human hair follicle immune privilege loss ex vivo, which is prevented by the DHODH inhibitor farudodstat: relevance for alopecia areata Frontiers in Medicine · 2026
    2. Image 1_Resident T cell activation leads to human hair follicle immune privilege loss ex vivo, which is prevented by the DHODH inhibitor farudodstat: relevance for alopecia areata.pdf Figshare · 2026
    3. 0047 Loss of transposable element silencing sensitizes hair follicles to immune privilege collapse in alopecia areata Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2026
    4. Immune Privilege Collapse and Alopecia Development: Is Stress a Factor Skin Appendage Disorders · 2017 · 51 citations
    5. Does collapse of immune privilege in the hair-follicle bulge play a role in the pathogenesis of primary cicatricial alopecia? Clinical and Experimental Dermatology · 2009 · 39 citations
    6. Scarring hair follicle destruction is driven by the collapse of EGFR-protected JAK-STAT1-sensitive stem cell immune privilege bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2023
    7. 1338 Epidermal growth factor receptor protects from immune privilege collapse and scarring hair follicle destruction 2023
    8. 033 IL-15 is an unexpected guardian of hair follicle immune privilege and promotes human hair growth ex vivo Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2021
    9. 1368 Does mitochondrial dysfunction drive immune privilege collapse in lichen planopilaris pathogenesis? 2018
    10. The role of somatostatin expression in hair follicle immune privilege 2012
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