Investigating the Role of FGF8 Signaling in Neurogenesis of the Developing Zebrafish Eye [PDF]
In the embryonic zebrafish, the fibroblast growth factor 8a (FGF8) signaling network is essential for proper development and maintenance of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) as well as the hyaloid vasculature, the vessels that supply the eye with nutrients ...
Flinn, Benjamin A
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Evaluation of conjunctival flora in patients with tear film dysfunction [PDF]
PURPOSE: To evaluate conjunctival microbiota in eyes with tear film dysfunction and its modification after punctal occlusion with silicone plug. METHODS: Non comparative interventional case series study to evaluate 68 eyes of 41 patients with tear film ...
Barbosa, Manuela Maria Valença Cordeiro [UNIFESP] +4 more
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Abstract All children should have access to quality education through a child‐centred pedagogy. An inclusive, child‐centred pedagogy uses a strength‐based view of children that recognises each child as unique and competent, providing children with multiple opportunities to explore and learn at their own pace.
Katherine Gulliver
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Current surgical treatment options for ocular complications of Stevens-Johnson and Lyell's syndromes [PDF]
V.F. Chernysh, N.N. Haritonova, A.N. Kulikov, P.A. Kacherovich, A.A. Kol'bin S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation Epidermolytic drug reactions (EDR) are severe acute drug-induced allergic disorders ...
V.F. Chernysh +4 more
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Pre-corneal tear film thickness in humans measured with a novel technique. [PDF]
PurposeThe purpose of this work was to gather preliminary data in normals and dry eye subjects, using a new, non-invasive imaging platform to measure the thickness of pre-corneal tear film.MethodsHuman subjects were screened for dry eye and classified as
Azartash, Kaveh +5 more
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Oral flaxseed oil (Linum usitatissimum) in the treatment for dry-eye Sjögren's syndrome patients [PDF]
PURPOSE: To evaluate if oral flaxseed oil (Linum usitatissimum), which reduces the inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis, may help keratoconjunctivitis sicca's treatment in Sjögren's syndrome patients.
Barros, Jeison de Nadai +5 more
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Dry eye syndrome: developments and lifitegrast in perspective
Dry eye (DE) is a chronic ocular condition with high prevalence and morbidity. It has a complex pathophysiology and is multifactorial in nature. Chronic ocular surface inflammation has emerged as a key component of DE that is capable of perpetuating ocular surface damage and leading to symptoms of ocular pain, discomfort, and visual phenomena.
Anat Galor, Ivonne V Lollett
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Exosome as bioactive nanovesicle for diagnostic and therapeutic applications in periodontitis
This review introduces the mechanism that exosomes participate in the pathogenesis of periodontitis and their potential as biomarkers for early diagnosis and summarizes the application of cell‐ or plant‐derived exosomes or engineered exosomes in periodontitis or periodontal regeneration while proposing the perspective of translational application of ...
Yu Wang +6 more
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Influence of eyelid pigmentation on the diagnosis of meibomian gland dysfunction
Max J Blumberg,1 Amy E Millen,2 Sangita P Patel1,3 1Department of Ophthalmology, Ross Eye Institute, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA; 2Department of Epidemiology and ...
Blumberg MJ, Millen AE, Patel SP
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Behavioural stress responses predict environmental perception in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) [PDF]
Individual variation in the response to environmental challenges depends partly on innate reaction norms, partly on experience-based cognitive/emotional evaluations that individuals make of the situation. The goal of this study was to investigate whether
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