[HTML][HTML] Corneal structure and transparency

KM Meek, C Knupp - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2015 - Elsevier
The corneal stroma plays several pivotal roles within the eye. Optically, it is the main
refracting lens and thus has to combine almost perfect transmission of visible light with …

Squishy matters–Corneal mechanobiology in health and disease

SM Thomasy, BC Leonard, MA Greiner… - Progress in retinal and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The cornea, as a dynamic and responsive tissue, constantly interacts with mechanical forces
in order to maintain its structural integrity, barrier function, transparency and refractive …

Nearly-incompressible transverse isotropy (NITI) of cornea elasticity: model and experiments with acoustic micro-tapping OCE

JJ Pitre Jr, MA Kirby, DS Li, TT Shen, RK Wang… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The cornea provides the largest refractive power for the human visual system. Its stiffness,
along with intraocular pressure (IOP), are linked to several pathologies, including …

Environmentally relevant concentrations of boscalid exposure affects the neurobehavioral response of zebrafish by disrupting visual and nervous systems

L Qian, S Qi, Z Wang, JT Magnuson, DC Volz… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Boscalid is a persistent fungicide that is frequently detected in surface waters and may be
neurotoxic to aquatic organisms. Herein, we evaluated the effects of environmentally …

Tissue and cellular biomechanics during corneal wound injury and repair

VK Raghunathan, SM Thomasy, P Strøm… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Corneal wound healing is an enormously complex process that requires the simultaneous
cellular integration of multiple soluble biochemical cues, as well as cellular responses to the …

Ocular lens morphology is influenced by ecology and metamorphosis in frogs and toads

AT Mitra, MC Womack, DJ Gower… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The shape and relative size of an ocular lens affect the focal length of the eye, with
consequences for visual acuity and sensitivity. Lenses are typically spherical in aquatic …

Quantitative structural imaging of keratoconic corneas using polarization-resolved SHG microscopy

C Raoux, M Schmeltz, M Bied, M Alnawaiseh… - Biomedical optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
The human cornea is mainly composed of collagen fibrils aligned together within stacked
lamellae. This lamellar structure can be affected in pathologies such as keratoconus, which …

Evolution of the vertebrate corneal stroma

E Koudouna, M Winkler, E Mikula, T Juhasz… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Although the cornea is the major refractive element of the eye, the mechanisms controlling
corneal shape and hence visual acuity remain unknown. To begin to address this question …

Possible depth-resolved reconstruction of shear moduli in the cornea following collagen crosslinking (CXL) with optical coherence tomography and elastography

G Regnault, MA Kirby, RK Wang, TT Shen… - Biomedical Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL) is commonly used to prevent or treat keratoconus.
Although changes in corneal stiffness induced by CXL surgery can be monitored with non …

Finding an optimal corneal xenograft using comparative analysis of corneal matrix proteins across species

R Sharifi, Y Yang, Y Adibnia, CH Dohlman… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Numerous animal species have been proposed as sources of corneal tissue for obtaining
decellularized xenografts. The selection of an appropriate animal model must take into …