Dry Eye and Ocular Surface Disorders 2.0
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2022) | Viewed by 2805
Special Issue Editors
2. Visiting Senior Fellow, UNSW School of Optometry and Vision Science, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Interests: dry eye; oxidative stress; diagnostic imaging; biomarkers; ocular allergy; contact lens
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Interests: dry eye; neuropathic pain; refractive surgery; oxidative stress; behavior science
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, dry eye has been widely investigated in many studies including epidemiological, basic and clinical study, and recent achievements are remarkable. Dry eye is a disease in which the tear film stability decreases. The mechanism is associated with inflammation, friction with eyelids, changes in tear osmolarity, amount of tear secretion, wettability of ocular surface, tear evaporation etc., which are involved in a complex way to form a pathological condition. In addition, in dry eye disease, it has been pointed out that the difference between subjective symptoms and ocular findings. Recently, research has been conducted in several aspects including involvement of the nervous system, and it has become clear that dry eye also contains elements of neuropathic pain. With regard to treatment, treatments targeting tear stability, inflammation and friction are being performed. Moreover, in recent years, secretagogue of water and mucin components has been widely used in Asian countries. However, understanding of dry eye pathology, diagnosis and treatment is still inadequate. New insights and breakthroughs will be needed to overcome these problems in the future. In this special issue, we are looking for research results including new findings in the fields of ocular surface and dry eye disease. The aim is to broaden the direction and possibilities of dry eye research. We are looking forward to and will be welcoming your invaluable work in this issue.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
Dr. Murat Dogru
Prof. Dr. Takashi Kojima
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Dry eye
- basic research
- clinical research
- treatment
- animal model
- neuropathic pain
- ocular surface
- pathophysiology
- diagnosis
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