The cornea is a tissue susceptible to various injuries and traumas with a complicated
cascade repair process, in which conserving its integrity and clarity is critical to restoring …

Hyaluronan (HA) is a huge linear polysaccharide composed entirely of a simple repeating
disaccharide that has been preserved unchanged since the evolution of vertebrates~ 520 …

Purpose Pseudognaphalium affine (P. affine), a medicinal plant, has long been used to treat
various diseases due to its astringent and vulnerary effects. These therapeutic benefits are …

Purpose Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-stimulated gene-6 (TSG-6) is upregulated in various
pathophysiological contexts, where it has a diverse repertoire of immunoregulatory …

Abstract Purpose In the skin, Lucilia sericata maggot excretions/secretions (ES) accelerate
wound healing and limit inflammation. This study aimed to determine whether ES have …

Despite accumulating evidence indicating a key role of interferon-γ (IFN-γ)-producing
immune cells in ocular infection and immunity, little is known about the direct effects of IFN-γ …

Background Mounting evidence suggests that the immune system plays detrimental or
protective roles in nerve injury and repair. Main body Herein we report that both …

Purpose Severe dry eye disease causes ocular surface damage, which is highly associated
with mitochondrial dysfunction. Mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) is essential for …

Purpose To investigate the toxicity of type I interferons (IFNs) on the ocular surface and
assess their efficacy in ocular surface tumors. Methods We examined the effects of IFN-α2a …

In pulpitis, dentinal restorative processes are considerably associated with undifferentiated
mesenchymal cells in the pulp. This study aimed to investigate strategies to improve the …