Purpose: To investigate lacrimal gland (LG) immunophysiological and immune-mediated inflammatory process (IMIP) phenotype diversity.
Methods: Ex vivo matured dendritic cells (mDC) were loaded with acinar cell microparticles (M). Peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) were activated in mixed cell reactions with mDC and injected directly into autologous, unilateral LG (1°ATD-LG) of two rabbit cohorts, one naïve, one immunized with a LG lysate membrane fraction (P).