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Transplantation in ophthalmology—single-center perspectives [PDF]
, 2021 Introduction:Corneal and amniotic membrane transplantations are the most frequently performed transplantations in the world. Amniotic membrane transplantation demonstrates very high efficiency in the management of the ocular surface damaged by disease ...
Barbukova, Antoniya, Grupchev, Dimitar
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Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract The intestinal microbiome plays a pivotal role in maintaining host health through its involvement in gastrointestinal, immune, and central nervous system (CNS) functions. Recent evidence underscores the bidirectional communication between the microbiota, the gut, and the brain and the impact of this axis on neurological diseases, including ...
Teresa Ravizza +4 more
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Scientific Reports, 2017 Antigen-presenting cells (APCs) play an important role in transplant rejection and tolerance. In high-risk corneal transplantation, where the graft bed is inflamed and vascularized, immature APCs in the donor corneal stroma quickly mature and migrate to ...
Maryam Tahvildari +5 more
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Treatment of superficial corneal opacities with corneal stromal lenticule obtained through SMILE surgery [PDF]
International Journal of OphthalmologyAIM: To evaluate the clinical efficacy and feasibility of superficial corneal opacities treated by excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) combined with small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE)-derived corneal stromal lenticule ...
Shi-Si Hu +6 more
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Optimization of Optical and Mechanical Properties of Real Architecture for 3-Dimensional Tissue Equivalents: Towards Treatment of Limbal Epithelial Stem Cell Deficiency [PDF]
, 2015 Limbal epithelial stem cell (LESC) deficiency can cause blindness. Transplantation of cultured human limbal epithelial cells (hLE) on human amniotic membrane (HAM) can restore vision but clinical graft manufacture can be unreliable.
Daniels, JT +4 more
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High-Risk Corneal Graft Rejection in the Setting of Previous Corneal Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)-1 Infection [PDF]
, 2016 Acknowledgments The authors thank M. Robertson and R. Fordyce for technical support during the duration of the study. The work performed in Aberdeen was supported by grant from Action Medical Research UK (SP4328; London, England, UK), NHS Grampian ...
Amescua, Guillermo +7 more
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Genetic mutations and molecular mechanisms of Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy
Eye and Vision, 2021 Background Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy is a hereditary disease and the most frequent cause of corneal transplantation in the worldwide. Its main clinical signs are an accelerated decrease in the number of endothelial cells, thickening of Descemet’
Xuerui Liu +6 more
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Herpes simplex keratitis: Challenges in diagnosis and clinical management [PDF]
, 2017 Herpes simplex virus is responsible for numerous ocular diseases, the most common of which is herpetic stromal keratitis. This is a recurrent infection of the cornea that typically begins with a subclinical infection of the cornea that establishes a ...
Azher, Tayaba N +4 more
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PLoS ONEPurposeThe shortage of donor corneas limits Bowman layer transplantation for keratoconus. In this study, we evaluate the clinical outcome of porcine anterior lens capsule (xenograft) transplantation in the corneal stroma of a rabbit model as substitute ...
Carlos A Rodríguez-Barrientos +5 more
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PLoS ONE, 2020 PURPOSE:To investigate the incidence of corneal transplantation and identify rates and risk factors of repeated corneal transplantation in South Korea.
Kyoung Yoon Shin +3 more
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