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Iris as a source of cells on the intraocular lens surface
Author(s) -
Blomstedt Göran,
Gallo Juan,
Fagerholm Per
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1990.tb01949.x
Subject(s) - intraocular lens , iris (biosensor) , lens (geology) , scanning electron microscope , materials science , membrane , intraocular lenses , in vivo , ophthalmology , electron microscope , phase contrast microscopy , biomedical engineering , chemistry , optics , medicine , biology , composite material , biochemistry , physics , computer security , microbiology and biotechnology , computer science , biometrics
A tissue culture model is presented where strips of humanirides were glued (Tesseel®) onto a PMMA intraocular lens (IOL). The preparations were followed for 21 days in the phase contrast microscope and subsequently prepared for scanning electron microscopy. Cells of two types readily grew onto the PMMA surface. Fibroblastlike cells formed aproteinaceous membrane covering the IOL surface whereas pigment containing epitheloid cells sometimes formed cellular aggregates similar to precipitates found in vivo on the IOL surface.