Intricate homeostasis maintains the rich complexity and functionality of the ocular surface. Severe ocular surface diseases cause significant morbidities, including blindness. Ocular surface ...

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Indication Limbal stem cell deficiency Therapeutic Mechanism Restoration of a normal corneal surface using cLSC might be achieved by replenishing… Continue ReadingSafety and Feasibility of Cultivated ...

A 4-year-old boy developed unilateral, total limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD ... and applied to the bare corneal stroma with fibrin glue after pannus resection. The surface was covered with amniotic ...

Ophthalmologists should act early to prevent a “vicious” cycle of neuropathy and inflammation in corneal disease, according ...

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Stem cells are cells that have the capacity to self-renew by dividing and to develop into more mature, specialised cells. Stem cells can be unipotent, multipotent, pluripotent or totipotent ...

and the immune response of resident corneal cells. Corneal disease in vernal keratoconjunctivitis and atopic keratoconjunctivitis currently requires aggressive treatment with topical steroids.

the use of umbilical cord blood as the stem-cell source; the use of ex vivo T-cell–depleted grafts; and having graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) of grade 2 or greater that led to the use of 1 mg ...