Targeting Corneal Wound Healing: Molecular Access to Diagnosis, Pathophysiology, and Treatment
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2024 | Viewed by 1047
Special Issue Editor
Interests: ophthalmology; dry eye disease; wound healing; cell behavior on a molecular level; cell reaction
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Dear Colleagues,
The wound healing of the cornea decides over the optical visual performance of the eye after incidents. After injury, a quick and complete recovery is desired, albeit after laser surgery a smooth non-regenerative tissue adaption is the target, providing the desired optically perfect outcome without relapse of refractive imperfection. The aim of corneal decides over how corneal wound healing is launched, processed, directed, and finally, stopped. We have come a long way since the initial detection of extracellular matrix components (such as fibronectins, tenascin, etc.), enzymatic activities (such as plasmin), and growth factors (such as EGF, bFGF, etc.) these crucial proteins that were later on called cytokines. Today available at the edge sophisticated techniques, showing unknown precision and diagnostic accuracy have revealed many this far hidden paths of cellular behaviour and control, each offering a new window of understanding and potential therapy – down to the very molecular level. This special issue on this timely so very active area is intended to offer you a platform to present your expertise and data to others, contributing to the progress in the field and a better future for our patients.
Dr. Gysbert van Setten
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- corneal wound healing
- optical visual performance
- cornea
- extracellular matrix
- enzymatic activities
- growth factors
- cytokines
