Eye Microbiome Trains Immune Cells to Fend Off Pathogens in Mice
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 - 13:02
in Health & Medicine
Bugs in your eyes may be a good thing. Resident microbes living on the eye are essential for immune responses that protect the eye from infection, new research shows. The study, which appears in the journal Immunity on July 11, demonstrates the existence of a resident ocular microbiome that trains the developing immune system to fend off pathogens. The research was conducted at the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health.