RBP3 and autoimmune uveitis: A model of autoimmune uveitis, experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU), can be induced in mice by immunization with interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP) peptides in Freund's adjuvant containing heat-killed M. tuberculosis [3] and has been widely used to study the mechanisms underlying autoimmune uveitis.