Association found between gut immune cells and eye damage from glaucoma

A team of medical scientists at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, working with a colleague from the Army Medical University and another from the Luzhou Maternal and Child Health Hospital, has found an association between immune cells in the gut and damage to the retina due to glaucoma. In their study, reported in the journal Science Translational Medicine, the group analyzed the behavior of CD4+ T cells and the protein integrin β7.