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Evaluation of Protective Effects of Trehalose on Desiccation of Epithelial Cells in Three Dimensional Reconstructed Human Corneal Epithelium
25 Jun 2012
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PURPOSE: Trehalose has been shown to protect epithelial cells from desiccation damage in cell culture and the murine dry eye model. The present study evaluates the protective role of trehalose in reconstructed human corneal epithelium (3D-HCE) during desiccation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The morphology of 3D-HCE was examined using in vivo an ex vivo confocal laser-scanning microscopy (CLSM). The 3D-HCE was...
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