| Literature DB >> 18421230 |
Cornelia A Deeg1, Stefanie M Hauck, Barbara Amann, Dirk Pompetzki, Frank Altmann, Albert Raith, Thomas Schmalzl, Manfred Stangassinger, Marius Ueffing.
Abstract
Equine recurrent uveitis (ERU) is an autoimmune disease that occurs with a high prevalence (10%) in horses. ERU represents the only reliable spontaneous model for human autoimmune uveitis. We already identified and characterized novel autoantigens (malate dehydrogenase, recoverin, CRALBP) by analyzing the autoantibody-binding pattern of horses affected by spontaneous recurrent uveitis (ERU) to the retinal proteome. CRALBP also seems to be relevant to human autoimmune uveitis. Proteomic screening of vitreous and retinal samples from ERU diseased cases in comparison to healthy controls has led to the identification of a series of differentially regulated proteins, which are functionally linked to the immune system and the maintenance of the blood-retinal barrier. 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18421230 DOI: 10.1159/000119867
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ophthalmic Res ISSN: 0030-3747 Impact factor: 2.892