Table 2.

Summary table of the immune functions of ciliary body cell types.

Cell	Immune function	References
Cells of haematopoietic origin
Dendritic cell	Antigen presentation	(12)
Tissue macrophage	Cytokine production and antigen presentation	(23, 26)
Mast cell	Sentinel function, immediate response to pathogens Cytokine production	(27, 31)
Parenchymal and stromal cells
Melanocyte	Response to PAMPs, limited cytokine production	(42–44)
Pigmented ciliary epithelium	Immunoregulatory role	(57, 62, 82, 83)
Non-pigmented ciliary epithelium	Response to LPS	(84)