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Immunologically privileged site
An immunologically privileged site is any of those locations in the body--the brain, anterior chamber of the eye, testis, renal tubule, uterus, and possibly joints and adrenal glands--where immune response to antigens are not destructive to tissue or is suppressed. It is necessary due to unique self-proteins that reside only in particular tissues and do not travel through the lymphatic system.
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