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Brain is an immune privileged organ so it is the opposite of your intuition. Get an infection into the brain and it is done. > Immune-privileged sites include
by therein 4y ago
Brain is an immune privileged organ so it is the opposite of your intuition. Get an infection into the brain and it is done.
> Immune-privileged sites include the central nervous system and brain, the eyes and the testes. Even foreign antigens accessing these tissues do not generally trigger immune responses.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/immune-privilege#:~:text=Immune%2Dprivileged%20sites%20include%20the,not%20generally%20trigger%20immune%20responses https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-a....
- bayesian_horse 4y agoIt's immune-privileged. There's plenty of access for immune-cells. Some infections like with Gondoplasma are quite survivable. By comparison, even a few bacterial cells in the wrong place during certain bone/joint replacement surgeries causes major issues.