BACKGROUND/AIMS During the healing of corneal epithelial wounds with limbal involvement, conjunctival epithelium often migrates across the denuded limbus to cover the corneal surface. It is believed ...

Weaknesses: The central premise of the manuscript, that the spiral patterning of epithelial corneal cells occurs without guidance cues, is not fully supported. The authors overlook the potential role ...

The indication for insertion of ProKera was nonhealing corneal ulcers ... was recurrence of epithelial defect after the tarsorrhaphy was removed. Mean time to dissolution of membrane was 11.2 ...

dehydrated pure amniotic membrane basement membrane healed persistent corneal epithelial defects, according to a study published in Ophthalmology and Therapy. “Patients with persistent corneal ...

which have been linked to the interruption of corneal epithelial homeostasis. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms are largely unknown. In this study, by comparing the transcriptomes of ...

A new stem cell therapy has repaired blinding damage to the cornea in 93% of patients in ... known as "cultivated autologous limbal epithelial cell transplantation" — doctors take stem cells ...

In the cornea, collagen XVIII was immunolocalized to the human corneal epithelium, epithelial basement membrane, and Descemet membrane (28), and lack of collagen XVIII was shown to cause eye ...

Ultrastructural analysis by TEM demonstrated a better preservation of the corneal epithelial basement membrane and desmosomes in corneas covered with freeze-dried AM than in those covered with ...

Corneal dystrophies are a group of rare, genetic diseases that affect the cornea, the front part of your eye. There are more than 20 types, each with different symptoms. All cause a buildup of ...

Epithelial basement membrane dystrophy (EBMD), also known as anterior basement membrane disease or map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy, is a common condition that affects the cornea of the eye (the clear, ...

Bullous keratopathy is an eye condition in which the cornea has become permanently ... Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK), or Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) to replace the just ...

Figure 1. Histology of cornea. The cornea is structurally divided into five layers. The anterior epithelial layer comprises 5–7 layers of renewable epithelial cells. Behind the epithelial basement ...