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Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 Sjögren syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune condition that targets the salivary and lacrimal glands, with cardinal clinical signs of dry eye (keratoconjunctivitis sicca, KCS) and dry mouth.
Cintia S. de Paiva +7 more
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Conjunctiva Resident γδ T Cells Expressed High Level of IL-17A and Promoted the Severity of Dry Eye
Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 2022 Purpose Conjunctival inflammation promotes ocular surface disorders in dry eye disease (DED). Here we identified γδ T cells as the predominant source of IL-17A in the murine conjunctiva and assessed their contribution to the pathogenesis of DED.
Ling Li +8 more
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Conjunctival rhinosporidiosis mimicking pyogenic granuloma—A case report
TNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research, 2023 Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic granulomatous infection caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi endemic in India, commonly in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Pondicherry, Chhattisgarh, etc.
S Sreevibya +4 more
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Management of Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia in Association with Fungal Keratitis in a HIV Positive Individual [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021 Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia (OSSN) co-existent with fungal keratitis in an immunodeficient individual has rarely been talked about in literature.
Prabhakar Singh +2 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Conjunctival pneumococcal serotypes among members of a community have not been investigated well. We determined the prevalence and association of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the nasopharynx and conjunctiva among children in a community before ...
Yasser Helmy Mohamed +18 more
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Analytical Study of Conjunctival Bacterial Flora in Diabetic and Non Diabetic Patients [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021 Introduction: Conjunctiva is a transparent mucous membrane that lines inside of the eyelids and covers the sclera. It is composed of non keratinised, stratified columnar epithelium with goblet cells. Normal microbial flora constitutes organisms which
Tamojit Chatterjee +3 more
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Bare sclera resection followed by mitomycin C and/or autograft limbus conjunctiva in the surgery for pterygium:a Meta-analysis [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2015 AIM:Toevaluate the recurrence andcomplicationsafter bare sclera resection (BSR) combined with mitomycin C (MMC) treatment and/or autograft limbus conjunctiva (ALC) in the surgery for pterygium.METHODS:Meta-analysis was used to evaluate the differences in
Tan Long, Zhi Li
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Comparison of Ocular Microbiome in Non-contact Lens and Contact Lens Users [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020 Introduction: The resident/normal flora of conjunctiva is linked to infections of the eye in most cases in the wake of ocular surgery, trauma, implants in the eye or contact lens-related infections.
L Raksha +3 more
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medRxiv, 2020 Background: The emerging 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has pushed several countries into state of emergency all over the world. The possible transmission of 2019-nCoV by conjunctiva is controversial and has substantial public health implications ...
Yun-yun Zhou +3 more
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Expression of the COVID‐19 receptor ACE2 in the human conjunctiva
Journal of Medical Virology, 2020 SARS‐CoV‐2 is assumed to use angiotensin‐converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and other auxiliary proteins for cell entry. Recent studies have described conjunctival congestion in 0.8% of patients with laboratory‐confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome ...
C. Lange +10 more
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