After topical Cys treatment, significant improvements were found in symptom scores, corneal sensitivity, tear evaporation rate, TBUT, vital staining scores, goblet cells density, conjunctival ...
Through a series of experiments, a team of researchers from Juntendo University revealed that the presence of sialylated glycans on ocular mucins plays a major role in determining the protective ...
The conjunctival epithelium contains mucin-producing goblet cells and the mucosal immune defense system. The phenotypically distinct corneal epithelium assists with the maintenance of intraocular ...
Preservatives cause inflammation of the conjunctiva with an increase of macrophages, lymphocytes and fibroblasts, squamous metaplasia with loss of goblet cells, and subconjunctival fibrosis.