... donors and GFP-positive Lewis recipients, where endothelial-cell-free grafts after mechanical endothelial debridement were used. All grafts were followed up clinically for signs of opacity and rejection. After 6 weeks, corneal flatmounts counterstained with DAPI were analyzed by confocal microscopy...

...Georgios Labiris; Zisis Gatzioufas; Athanassios Giarmoukakis; Haris Sideroudi; Vassilios P. Kozobolis Background/Aims: To compare the impact of liquefaction and torsional IP cataract extraction methods on endothelial cell count (ECC), central corneal edema, and central corneal sensitivity (CCS...

...Lili Guo; Wenzhen Yu; Xiaoxin Li; Gang Zhao; Peiying He Purpose: To investigate the role of integrin-linked kinase (ILK) in endothelial cell migration, proliferation and tube formation in vitro. Materials and Methods: Cultured RF/6A cells were knocked down for ILK using small interfering RNA (siRNA...

... statistics. Results: The mean age of glaucoma patients was 60.81 ± 8.33 years, of cataract patients 64.65 ± 6.67 years; 109/126 eyes (74%) were from patients >60 years old (14 glaucoma and 95 cataract eyes). Age-adjusted endothelial cell counts were similar to normative values in 108/126 eyes (85.7...

...Dagmar Eschke; Maik Richter; Elke Brylla; Anne Lewerenz; Katharina Spanel-Borowski; Karen Nieber Ion channels were studied using the whole-cell patch clamp technique in bovine retinal and choroidal microvascular endothelial cells (MVEC) cultured under the same conditions. The two types of MVEC...