Structure and function of the ocular surface
Meibomian Gland Morphology: The Influence of Structural Variations on Gland Function and Ocular Surface Parameters
... the ocular surface equilibrium because they secrete the lipids that form the main part of the tear film lipid ...the structure of meibo- mian glands in an easy and patient-friendly manner, leading to ...
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MEMBRANE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
... NOTE: This is an opportune place to illustrate how form fits function. It is remarkable how much early models contributed to the understanding of membrane structure, since biologists proposed these models ...
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Surface-Based Atlases and a Database of Cortical Structure and Function
... of surface-based registration for coping with individual variability in human cortex, much remains to be done to establish this as a well-validated general strategy that can be routinely applied and ...
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Role of Gibberellic and Indole Acetic Acid in Altering Ocular Structure and Function of Mother Rats and their Offspring
... At the ultrastructural level, the control retina possessed widespread ganglion cell in-between myelinated nerve fibers. The inner & outer nuclear cells are regularly oriented. The outer segment of rods and cones appeared ...
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Structure and Function
... Block Grant funding for resource development activities in Minnesota declined between FYs 2000 and 2003 (from $2 to $1.5 million). In FY 2003, the largest proportion of these funds went[r] ...
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Structure and Function
... In FY 2003 planning, coordination, and needs assessment activities received the largest proportion (46 percent) of resource development funds, followed by training (at 22 percent).. Di[r] ...
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Care of the Patient with Ocular Surface Disorders
... evaporative dry eye due to the inefficient lipid-layer function. An aqueous-deficient component accompanies this situation. 49,50 Hordeola and chalazia are potential coexisting conditions. Seborrheic blepharitis. ...
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New developments in analysis of ocular surface diseases
... Limbal autografts have the advantage of not being rejected and are successful; however, a contralateral healthy eye must be available, since a donor eye with subclinical limbal dys- function gives limited results. ...
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Development of In Vitro Biocompatibility Models of the Ocular Surface
... epithelial structure, forming one- sixth of the area of the outer wall of the ...primary function of the cornea is to refract light to focus an image on the retina; therefore, they must maintain their ...
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Update on pharmacotherapy for ocular surface squamous neoplasia
... shown some utility [30, 37]. On confocal microscopy, large areas of superficial cell and keratin debris can be seen with loss of the normal structure of the con- junctival epithelium and corneal basal epithelium, ...
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The proportion of ocular surface diseases in untreated patients with epiphora
... eye, ocular surface disorder, break-up time, lacrimal obstructive disease Introduction Epiphora, or lacrimation, is one of the most common complaints of patients who visit primary eye care ...include ...
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Ocular surface disease in posttrabeculectomy/mitomycin C patients
... existing ocular surface may also play a part in the development of dry eye disease ...which function to produce the inner mucin layer of the precorneal tear ...the ocular surface ...
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Topical rebamipide improves the ocular surface in mild lagophthalmos
... The tear film is composed of a lipid layer overlying an aqueous layer that is a mixture of lacrimal fluid and mucins. 6 The secretion of lipids from the meibomian gland serves the lipid layer. Blinking is related to ...
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Treating ocular surface disease: new agents in development
... for ocular surface disease because of its specific association with the common gamma chain of the IL-2 receptor, which is shared by the receptors for IL-4, IL-7, IL-9, IL-15, and ...
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A systematic review on the impact of diabetes mellitus on the ocular surface
... epithelial function were documented by an increase in corneal thickness, and structural changes were examined by electron ...barrier function in excluding water from entering the stroma, a reduction in the ...
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Mesenchymal stem cells for treating ocular surface diseases
... cytometry analysis identified transiently increased CK3 expression in BMMSC. Jiang et al. subsequently reported that corneal stromal cells also have the similar ability to induce BMMSC to become epithelial cells. They ...
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Changes of Tear Film and Ocular Surface in Diabetes Mellitus
... tear function para- meters, including BUT, and total and basal tear secretions, were lower in the diabetic group, and these abnormalities were related to poor metabolic control, presence of diabetic neuropathy, ...
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Automatic Detection of Optic Disc for the Extraction of Ocular Structure
... Nowadays, some of the most common cause of visual impairment, and blindness are because of diabetes retinopathy, hypertension, glaucoma. These diseases can be detected through regular ophthalmologic examination. However, ...
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Goblet cell loss abrogates ocular surface immune tolerance
... the ocular surface has a GC-rich epitheli- ...to function as the source of gel-forming mucins that protect and lubricate the surface of the ...
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Update on thyroid-associated Ophthalmopathy with a special emphasis on the ocular surface
... In most cases, the diagnosis of TAO can be established clinically. However, imaging studies may be required to evaluate orbit structures and aid in formulating an opti- mal treatment plan. It is possible to evaluate ...
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