In vivo confocal microscopy of corneal nerves in health and disease

A Cruzat, Y Qazi, P Hamrah - The ocular surface, 2017‏ - Elsevier
In vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) is becoming an indispensable tool for studying corneal
physiology and disease. Enabling the dissection of corneal architecture at a cellular level …

Congenital aniridia beyond black eyes: from phenotype and novel genetic mechanisms to innovative therapeutic approaches

A Daruich, M Duncan, MP Robert, N Lagali… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Congenital PAX6-aniridia, initially characterized by the absence of the iris, has progressively
been shown to be associated with other developmental ocular abnormalities and systemic …

[HTML][HTML] Congenital aniridia–A comprehensive review of clinical features and therapeutic approaches

ECS Landsend, N Lagali, TP Utheim - Survey of ophthalmology, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Congenital aniridia is a rare genetic eye disorder with total or partial absence of the iris from
birth. In most cases the genetic origin of aniridia is a mutation in the PAX6 gene, leading to …

Corneal repair and regeneration: current concepts and future directions

M Mobaraki, R Abbasi, S Omidian Vandchali… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
The cornea is a unique tissue and the most powerful focusing element of the eye, known as
a window to the eye. Infectious or non-infectious diseases might cause severe visual …

[HTML][HTML] The diagnosis of limbal stem cell deficiency

Q Le, J Xu, SX Deng - The ocular surface, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Limbal stem cells (LSCs) maintain the normal homeostasis and wound healing of corneal
epithelium. Limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) is a pathologic condition that results from the …

Human limbal epithelial stem cell regulation, bioengineering and function

C Bonnet, S González, JAS Roberts… - Progress in retinal and …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The corneal epithelium is continuously renewed by limbal stem/progenitor cells (LSCs), a
cell population harbored in a highly regulated niche located at the limbus. Dysfunction …

Assessment of corneal substrate biomechanics and its effect on epithelial stem cell maintenance and differentiation

RM Gouveia, G Lepert, S Gupta, RR Mohan… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
Whilst demonstrated extensively in vitro, the control of cell behaviour via modulation of
substrate compliance in live tissues has not been accomplished to date. Here we propose …

Pathophysiology and genetics of salt-sensitive hypertension

D Maaliki, MM Itani, HA Itani - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Most hypertensive cases are primary and heavily associated with modifiable risk factors like
salt intake. Evidence suggests that even small reductions in salt consumption reduce blood …

Pathophysiology of aniridia-associated keratopathy: Developmental aspects and unanswered questions

L Latta, FC Figueiredo, R Ashery-Padan, JM Collinson… - The ocular …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Aniridia, a rare congenital disease, is often characterized by a progressive, pronounced
limbal insufficiency and ocular surface pathology termed aniridia-associated keratopathy …

Anatomical features and cell-cell interactions in the human limbal epithelial stem cell niche

MA Dziasko, JT Daniels - The ocular surface, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Epithelial stem cells of the ocular surface are essential for the maintenance of corneal
transparency and therefore for vision. Human corneal/limbal epithelial stem cells (LESCs) …