{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Xia D"],"funding":["NIAID NIH HHS"],"pagination":["434-446"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9892265"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["353"],"pubmed_abstract":["To examine the widely accepted dogma that the eye is an immune-privileged organ that can suppress antigen immunogenicity, we explored systemic immune responses to a model vaccine antigen (tetanus toxoid) delivered to six compartments of the rodent eye (ocular surface, corneal stroma, anterior chamber, subconjunctival space, suprachoroidal space, vitreous body). We discovered that antigens delivered to corneal stroma induced enhanced, rather than suppressed, antigen-specific immune responses, which were 18- to 30-fold greater than conventional intramuscular injection and comparable to intramuscular vaccination with alum adjuvant. Systemic immune responses to antigen delivered to the other ocular compartments were much weaker. The enhanced systemic immune responses after intrastromal injecti"],"journal":["Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society"],"pubmed_title":["Enhanced immune responses to vaccine antigens in the corneal stroma."],"pmcid":["PMC9892265"],"funding_grant_id":["R01 AI143844"],"pubmed_authors":["Hejri A","Roy K","Pradhan P","Toy R","Cursiefen C","Prausnitz MR","Chae J","Grossniklaus HE","Xia D"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Enhanced immune responses to vaccine antigens in the corneal stroma.","description":"To examine the widely accepted dogma that the eye is an immune-privileged organ that can suppress antigen immunogenicity, we explored systemic immune responses to a model vaccine antigen (tetanus toxoid) delivered to six compartments of the rodent eye (ocular surface, corneal stroma, anterior chamber, subconjunctival space, suprachoroidal space, vitreous body). We discovered that antigens delivered to corneal stroma induced enhanced, rather than suppressed, antigen-specific immune responses, which were 18- to 30-fold greater than conventional intramuscular injection and comparable to intramuscular vaccination with alum adjuvant. Systemic immune responses to antigen delivered to the other ocular compartments were much weaker. The enhanced systemic immune responses after intrastromal injecti","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Jan","modification":"2025-04-06T19:20:09.13Z","creation":"2025-04-06T19:20:09.13Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9892265","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36462639"],"doi":["10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.11.045"]}}