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Nanotechnology for the Treatment of Allergic Conjunctival Diseases [PDF]

Pharmaceuticals, 2020
Allergic conjunctivitis is one of the most common external eye diseases and the prevalence has been increasing. The mainstay of treatment is topical eye drops. However, low bioavailability, low ocular drug penetration, transient resident time on the ocular surface due to tear turnover, frequent topical applications and dependence on patient compliance,
Yu Chi Liu, Jodhbir Mehta
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Japanese Guideline for Allergic Conjunctival Diseases

Allergology International, 2011
The definition, classification, pathogenesis, test methods, clinical findings, criteria for diagnosis, and therapies of allergic conjunctival disease are summarized based on the Guidelines for Clinical Management of Allergic Conjunctival Disease (Second Edition) revised in 2010.
Etsuko Takamura, Eiichi Uchio, Nobuyuki Ebihara, Shigeaki Ohno, Yuichi Ohashi, Shigeki Okamoto, Naoki Kumagai, Yoshiyuki Satake, Jun Shoji, Yayoi Nakagawa, Kenichi Namba, Kazumi Fukagawa, Atsuki Fukushima, Hiroshi Fujishima   +13 more
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Potential Biomarkers for Allergic Conjunctival Diseases

Eye and Contact Lens, 2020
Abstract: Allergic conjunctival diseases (ACDs) are a group of ocular allergies that include allergic conjunctivitis, atopic keratoconjunctivitis, vernal keratoconjunctivitis, and giant papillary conjunctivitis. Although a large body of information exists on the pathophysiology of ACDs, this has not yet lead to the development of clear ...
Penny Asbell
exaly   +4 more sources

Allergic conjunctival diseases – An update

Indian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
Abstract Allergic conjunctival diseases (ACDs) are the common immunological inflammatory diseases of the anterior surface of the eye. Seasonal allergic conjunctivitis (SAC) and perennial allergic conjunctivitis (PAC) are the most frequent causes of ACDs.
P. C. Kathuria, Manisha Rai
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Results of Conjunctival Autograft Transplantation Combined with Amniotic Membrane Transplantation Surgery in Recurrent Pterygium Cases

Acta Medica Alanya, 2021
Aim: To evaluate the results of conjunctival autograft transplantation (CAT) combined with amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) surgery in recurrent pterygium cases.Methods: This is a retrospective interventional case series involving patients ...
Cafer Tanrıverdi, Özlem Balcı
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Prostaglandin E receptor subtype EP3 expression in human conjunctival epithelium and its changes in various ocular surface disorders. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
BACKGROUND: In our earlier genome-wide association study on Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and its severe variant, toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), we found that in Japanese patients with these severe ocular surface complications there was an ...
Mayumi Ueta, Chie Sotozono, Norihiko Yokoi, Tsutomu Inatomi, Shigeru Kinoshita   +4 more
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Isolation and Expansion of Primary Conjunctival Stem Cells (CjSCs) from Human and Rabbit Tissues

Bio-Protocol, 2022
Conjunctival disorders are multivariate degenerative ocular surface diseases that can jeopardize ocular function and impair visual capacity in severe cases.
Zheng Zhong, Shaochen Chen
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Conjunctival and nasal microbiota evaluation of dogs submitted to dacryocystorhinostomy

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2023
The purpose of this study was to evaluate changes in the conjunctival and nasal microbiota, in the long term, of dogs undergoing bilateral dacryocystorhinostomy.
Joelson Arruda Jardim, Marcela Fernanda Moretti, Alexandre Lima de Andrade   +2 more
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Conjunctival Microbiome-Host Responses Are Associated With Impaired Epithelial Cell Health in Both Early and Late Stages of Trachoma

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2019
Background: Trachoma, a neglected tropical disease, is the leading infectious cause of blindness and visual impairment worldwide. Host responses to ocular chlamydial infection resulting in chronic inflammation and expansion of non-chlamydial bacteria are
Harry Pickering, Christine D. Palmer, Joanna Houghton, Pateh Makalo, Hassan Joof, Tamsyn Derrick, Adriana Goncalves, David C. W. Mabey, Robin L. Bailey, Matthew J. Burton, Chrissy H. Roberts, Sarah E. Burr, Sarah E. Burr, Martin J. Holland, Martin J. Holland   +14 more
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Characterization of dysbiosis of the conjunctival microbiome and nasal microbiome associated with allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and allergic rhinitis

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
BackgroundAllergic rhinoconjunctivitis (ARC) and allergic rhinitis (AR) are prevalent allergic diseases. People are becoming increasingly aware of the impact of microbial disorders on host immunity and allergic diseases.
Yuan Wang, Yuan Wang, Yuan Wang, Xuan Li, Xuan Li, Xuan Li, Shuntong Gu, Shuntong Gu, Junhong Fu   +8 more
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