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Antimicrobial compounds in tears.
The tear film coats the cornea and conjunctiva and serves several important functions. It provides lubrication, prevents drying of the...
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Visions of Eye Commensals: The Known and the Unknown About How the Microbiome Affects Eye Disease.
Until recently, the ocular surface is thought by many to be sterile and devoid of living microbes. It is now...
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Dry Eye Management: Targeting the Ocular Surface Microenvironment.
Dry eye can damage the ocular surface and result in mild corneal epithelial defect to blinding corneal pannus formation and...
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Molecular mimicry and autoimmunity.
Molecular mimicry is one of the leading mechanisms by which infectious or chemical agents may induce autoimmunity. It occurs when...
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Involvement of a gut-retina axis in protection against dietary glycemia-induced age-related macular degeneration.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the major cause of blindness in developed nations. AMD is characterized by retinal pigmented epithelial...
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Disturbing the balance: effect of contact lens use on the ocular proteome and microbiome.
Contact lens wear is a popular, convenient and effective method for vision correction. In recent years, contact lens practice has...
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Changes in the Eye Microbiota Associated with Contact Lens Wearing.
Wearing contact lenses has been identified as a risk factor for the development of eye conditions such as giant papillary...
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Paucibacterial Microbiome and Resident DNA Virome of the Healthy Conjunctiva.
PURPOSE:To characterize the ocular surface microbiome of healthy volunteers using a combination of microbial culture and high-throughput DNA sequencing techniques.METHODS:Conjunctival...
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We are not alone: a case for the human microbiome in extra intestinal diseases.
BACKGROUND:"Dysbiosis" in the gut microbiome has been implicated in auto-immune diseases, in inflammatory diseases, in some cancers and mental disorders....
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