Another important aspect of corneal wound healing is the regeneration of the epithelial basement membrane (EBM). Studies have indicated that the successful regeneration of the EBM is critical for ...

This requires healthy basement membrane and the creation of epithelial cell adhesion complexes to the underlying cornea and between adjacent epithelial cells. If these cellular adhesion complexes ...

MEEI.HARVARD.EDU Recurrent corneal erosion syndrome (RCES) is a disorder characterised by a dysfunctional epithelial ecosystem. It often begins after trauma, or in the setting of epithelial basement ...

The ultrastructural appearance of the glomerular basement membrane in thin basement membrane disease ... RESULTS No patient with TBMD had a dot and fleck retinopathy or anterior lenticonus. A corneal ...

Investigators recommend a dose of 0.2 mg/mL losartan 6 times per day for patients with a current corneal epithelial defect. Topical losartan for the treatment of scarring corneal fibrosis mediated by ...

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 ...

A woman in her 50s underwent simple limbal epithelial ... part of the amniotic membrane resembling a hypopyon. After careful exclusion of infectious keratitis on clinical examination, the bandage ...

This delicate procedure requires technical skill for the preparation of AM with attached corneal epithelial cells and ... Amniotic membrane has been extensively studied. Its full potential in ...

Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Smart Healthcare Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and ...

Background: There are few data in asthma relating airway physiology, inflammation and remodelling and the relative effects of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatment on these parameters. A study of the ...

James Funderburgh, PhD, at the University of Pittsburgh discovered stem cells in the corneal stroma in an effort to use these cells to reduce corneal scarring. In early animal studies and ...