Organ-specific protection mediated by cooperation between vascular and epithelial barriers

Nature Reviews Immunology 17, 761 (2017). doi:10.1038/nri.2017.100 Authors: Ilaria Spadoni, Giulia Fornasa & Maria Rescigno Immune privilege is a complex process that protects organs from immune-mediated attack and damage. It is accomplished by a series of cellular barriers that both control immune cell entry and promote the development of tolerogenic immune cells. In this Review, we describe the vascular endothelial
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