Open Access<p>The Pro-Fibrotic Behavior of Human Tenon’s Capsule Fibroblasts in Medically Treated Glaucoma Patients</p>
Author(s) -
Charles B. Trelford,
James Denstedt,
James J. Armstrong,
Cindy Hutnik
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1177-5483
pISSN - 1177-5467
DOI - 10.2147/opth.s245915
Subject(s) - myofibroblast , glaucoma , medicine , fibrosis , ophthalmology , fibroblast , transdifferentiation , pathology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , cell culture , stem cell , genetics
The aim of this study was to compare human Tenon's capsule fibroblasts (HTCFs) obtained from patients who received medical therapy for glaucoma (glaucomatous patients) and patients not treated for glaucoma (non-glaucomatous patients) in terms of wound healing and fibrosis.