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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. Maintenance of Hair Follicle Immune Privilege Is Linked to Prevention of NK Cell Attack Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2007 · 253 citations
    2. Lichen planopilaris is characterized by immune privilege collapse of the hair follicle's epithelial stem cell niche The Journal of Pathology · 2013 · 220 citations
    3. Immunology of the Human Nail Apparatus: The Nail Matrix Is a Site of Relative Immune Privilege Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2005 · 139 citations
    4. Hair follicle immune privilege and its collapse in alopecia areata Experimental dermatology · 2020 · 134 citations
    5. Hair Follicle Immune Privilege Revisited: The Key to Alopecia Areata Management 2017 · 102 citations
    6. Hair Follicle Mesenchyme-Associated PD-L1 Regulates T-Cell Activation Induced Apoptosis: A Potential Mechanism of Immune Privilege Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2013 · 53 citations
    7. Immune Privilege Collapse and Alopecia Development: Is Stress a Factor Skin Appendage Disorders · 2017 · 51 citations
    8. 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
    9. Vasoactive intestinal peptide, whose receptor-mediated signalling may be defective in alopecia areata, provides protection from hair follicle immune privilege collapse 2016 · 36 citations
    10. Somatostatin Expression in Human Hair Follicles and Its Potential Role in Immune Privilege 2013 · 27 citations
    11. Regulatory T cells in skin mediate immune privilege of the hair follicle stem cell niche Science Immunology · 2024 · 21 citations
    12. Can the Hair Follicle Become a Model for Studying Selected Aspects of Human Ocular Immune Privilege? Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science · 2011 · 21 citations
    13. A comparative analysis of immune privilege in pregnancy and cancer in the context of checkpoint blockade immunotherapy Seminars in Oncology · 2018 · 16 citations
    14. Exacerbation of alopecia areata during pegylated interferon alpha-2b and ribavirin therapy, possibly due to the collapse of hair follicle immune privilege European Journal of Dermatology · 2014 · 10 citations
    15. Epidermal growth factor receptor/mitogen-activated kinase inhibitor treatment induces a distinct inflammatory hair follicle response that includes collapse of immune privilege British Journal of Dermatology · 2024 · 4 citations
    16. Immune privilege and alopecia areata Expert review of dermatology · 2010 · 4 citations
    17. Microneedle‐mediated Delivery of Immunomodulators Restores Immune Privilege in Hair Follicles and Reverses Immune‐Mediated Alopecia Advanced Materials · 2024 · 2 citations
    18. Impact of epidermal growth factor receptor and mitogen-activated kinase inhibition on hair follicles (HFs): partial HF immune privilege collapse and excessive interleukin-33 secretion British Journal of Dermatology · 2024 · 1 citations
    19. 90 Exploring the therapeutic potential of DHODH inhibitor farudodstat for alopecia areata treatment in a novel ex vivo model of human hair follicle immune privilege collapse Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2023 · 1 citations
    20. LB1777 A novel ex vivo model of human hair follicle immune privilege collapse reveals the potential of farudodstat, a DHODH inhibitor, as a therapeutic for alopecia areata treatment Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2023 · 1 citations
    21. 051 γδ T cells as novel players in alopecia areata pathobiology: Vδ1 + T lymphocytes may recognize “stressed” hair follicle keratinocytes, leading to IFNγ-dependent hair follicle dystrophy and immune privilege collapse Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2016 · 1 citations
    22. 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
    23. 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
    24. Hair follicle immune privilege in autoimmune and immune-mediated alopecias: paths toward reestablishing immune tolerance Frontiers in Medicine · 2026
    25. Immune Regulation in Hair Follicle Protection and Hair Regeneration: Insights from the Collapse of Immune Privilege in Alopecia Areata and Targeted Immunotherapy International Journal of Dermatology and Venereology · 2025
    26. 63418 JAK3/TEC kinase pathways are active in alopecia areata lesions, and their inhibition with Ritlecitinib prevents αCD3/αCD28+IL-2 induced immune privilege collapse in healthy hair follicles ex vivo Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2025
    27. Exploring the hair follicle immune privilege state in nonsegmental vitiligo Journal of the Egyptian Womenʼs Dermatologic Society · 2025
    28. Dandruff lesional scalp skin exhibits epidermal T cell infiltration and a weakened hair follicle immune privilege International Journal of Cosmetic Science · 2024
    29. 59 Scarring alopecia is driven by the collapse of EGFR-protected JAK-STAT1-sensitive stem cell immune privilege 2023
    30. 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