Draft:Autoimmune retinopathy

Autoimmune retinopathy (AIR) is a rare and poorly understood immunological disease in which proteins in the retina are attacked by the patients immune system, leading to loss of vision.[1] AIR is related to molecular mimicry, in which foreign antigens and self antigens have a similar sequence, eliciting an immune response.[2] The disease can be characterized into paraneoplastic (PAIR) or non-paraneoplastic (nPAIR). The non-paraneoplastic division can be subdivided into cancer-associated retinopathy (CAR) and melanoma-associated retinopathy (MAR).

  1. ^ Canamary, Aristofanes Mendonca Jr; Takahashi, Walter Yuhihiko; Sallum, Juliana Marie Ferraz (January 3, 2018). "Autoimmune retinopathy: A Review". Int J Retina Vitreous. 4 (1): 1. doi:10.1186/s40942-017-0104-9. PMC 5759752. PMID 29340169.
  2. ^ Khanna, Saira; Ringeisen, Alex; Mititelu, Mihai (Sep 1, 2017). "Diagnosis and Management of Autoimmune Retinopathy". EyeNet Magazine.