IFNG and granular corneal dystrophy type II: Hirano et al. reported that (1) PD-L1 (programmed death ligand 1)-deficient mice show worsened ear swelling with an increased number of IFN-γ+ CD8+ T cells in the skin, (2) the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway is involved in the elicitation phase of ACD in mice, and (3) PD-L1 expression is highest on mast cells based on bone marrow chimera experiments and flow cytometric analysis.