Open AccessEfficacy and Safety of Transglutaminase-Induced Corneal Stiffening in Rabbits
Author(s) -
Yuan Wu,
Wenjing Song,
Yun Tang,
Ahmed Elsheikh,
Yingfeng Shao,
Xiaoming Yan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
translational vision science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.508
H-Index - 21
ISSN - 2164-2591
DOI - 10.1167/tvst.8.6.27
Subject(s) - cornea , ophthalmology , tissue transglutaminase , in vivo , medicine , keratoconus , tears , chemistry , surgery , biology , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , enzyme
These findings may give a new hope to biomechanically compromised corneal disease due to mechanical forces, such as corneal ectasia and keratoconus. A next-generation treatment to these corneal diseases due to mechanical forces may be designed based on the new findings.
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