Posterior capsule opacification: What's in the bag?

IM Wormstone, YM Wormstone, AJO Smith… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cataract, a clouding of the lens, is the most common cause of blindness in the world. It has a
marked impact on the wellbeing and productivity of individuals and has a major economic …

A review of therapeutic effects of mesenchymal stem cell secretions and induction of secretory modification by different culture methods

M Madrigal, KS Rao, NH Riordan - Journal of translational medicine, 2014 - Springer
The mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) is being broadly studied in clinical trials. Contrary to the
early paradigm of cell replacement and differentiation as a therapeutic mechanism of action …

Orchestrated leukocyte recruitment to immune-privileged sites: absolute barriers versus educational gates

R Shechter, A London, M Schwartz - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2013 - nature.com
Complex barriers separate immune-privileged tissues from the circulation. Here, we propose
that cell entry to immune-privileged sites through barriers composed of tight junction …

Ocular immune privilege: therapeutic opportunities from an experiment of nature

JW Streilein - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2003 - nature.com
Most higher animals require sight for survival, yet even minor distortions of the visual axis
can cause blindness. For this reason, intraocular inflammation is incompatible with good …

Posterior capsule opacification

IM Wormstone, L Wang, CSC Liu - Experimental eye research, 2009 - Elsevier
Posterior Capsule Opacification (PCO) is the most common complication of cataract surgery.
At present the only means of treating cataract is by surgical intervention, and this initially …

On phagocytes and macular degeneration

X Guillonneau, CM Eandi, M Paques, JA Sahel… - Progress in retinal and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Age related macular degeneration (AMD) is a complex multifactorial disease caused by the
interplay of age and genetic and environmental risk factors. A common feature observed in …

Ocular immune privilege

AW Taylor - Eye, 2009 - nature.com
It has been over 60 years since the phrase immune privilege was used by Sir Peter
Medawar to describe the lack of an immune response against allografts placed into the …

[HTML][HTML] TGF-β2–induced matrix modification and cell transdifferentiation in the human lens capsular bag

IM Wormstone, S Tamiya, I Anderson… - … ophthalmology & visual …, 2002 - arvojournals.org
purpose. To study the role of TGF-β2 in posterior capsule opacification (PCO) and to
determine whether CAT-152 (lerdelimumab), a fully human monoclonal antibody that …

Posterior capsule opacification: a cell biological perspective

IM Wormstone - Experimental eye research, 2002 - Elsevier
Posterior capsule opacification (PCO) is the most common complication of cataract surgery.
At present the only means of treating cataract is by surgical intervention, and this initially …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of a novel macrophage population in the normal mouse corneal stroma

CS Brissette-Storkus, SM Reynolds… - … & visual science, 2002 - arvojournals.org
purpose. To examine the normal murine corneal stroma for the presence of bone marrow-
derived leukocytes. methods. Wholemounts of paraformaldehyde-fixed corneal stroma from …