J. Wayne Streilein (Johnstown, Pennsylvania, June 19, 1935 – March 15, 2004) was a scientist whose main area of research was the ocular immune system.Professor J. Wayne Streilein, 1935–2004 by Santa Jeremy Ono. Immunology. 2004 June; 112(2): 339–340. . He is known particularly for studying the mechanisms that keep the cornea avascular despite the inflammatory and other stimuli that usually promote small blood vessel ingrowth; these peculiar corneal mechanisms provide the basis for what is known as the "corneal antiangiogenic privilege".
Books Immunology: A Programmed Text by Wayne J. Streilein (Hardcover – May 1977)
Immune Privilege, Sites, Tissues, Strategies and Diseases (Medical Intelligence Unit Series) by J. Wayne Streilein (Hardcover – Jan 1997)
References
External links Ocular Immune Privilege by J. Wayne Streilein; a free-access article at Karger Gazette.