Process development and safety evaluation of ABCB5+ limbal stem cells as advanced-therapy medicinal product to treat limbal stem cell deficiency by Alexandra Norrick, Jasmina Esterlechner, Elke Niebergall-Roth, Ulf Dehio, Samar Sadeghi, Hannes M. Schröder, Seda Ballikaya, Nicole Stemler, Christoph Ganss, Kathrin Dieter, Ann-Kathrin Dachtler, Patrick Merz, Saadettin Sel, James Chodosh, Claus Cursiefen, Natasha Y. Frank, Gerd U. Auffarth, Bruce Ksander, Markus H. Frank, Mark A. Kluth

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Understanding Variable Biologic-Based Factors in Determining Laser Refractive Surgery Outcomes: A Response to the Moshirfar et al Paper [Response to Letter] by Moshirfar M, Theis JS, Cha DS, Porter KB, Payne CJ, Hoopes PC

“…Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; 3Utah Lions Eye Bank, Murray, UT, USA; 4University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA; 5Saint Louis University, School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA; 6Department of Ophthalmology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USACorrespondence: Majid Moshirfar, Hoopes Vision Research Center, 11820 S. …”
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Will Tonic Water Stop My Eyelid Twitching? by Moshirfar M, Somani SN, Shmunes KM, Ronquillo YC

“…Moran Eye Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; 3Utah Lions Eye Bank, Murray, UT, USA; 4Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USACorrespondence: Majid MoshirfarHDR Research Center, Hoopes Vision, 11820 S. …”
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Histopathologic changes of Reis-Bücklers corneal dystrophy by Meng-Jun Fu, Hao-Run Zhang, Li-Jing Chen

“…Two normal cornea specimens(donated corneas from eye bank)were used as control. <p>RESULTS: In those patients, the bowman's membrane disappeared. …”
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Mini review: human clinical studies of stem cell therapy in keratoconus by Masoumeh Ahadi, Shahrokh Ramin, Ali Abbasi, Hanieh Tahmouri, Seyed Bagher Hosseini

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Development prospects of keratoplasty in Moscow by E. M. Kildyushov, A. V. Zolotorevsky, O. A. Doronina, A. A. Agafonova

“…Russian National Research Medical University and ILab Eye Bank in order to determine the possible number of keratoplastic surgeries. …”
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The Use of Donor Corneas Which Have Undergone Refractive Surgery in Keratoplasty by Eda Asılyazıcı, Banu Açıkalın, Murat Garlı, Yıldırım Kocapınar

“…Laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK), photorefractive keratectomy(PRK) and radial keratotomy(RK) are the procedures performed most frequently. Eye Bank Association of America medical standards do not permit corneas from patients who have undergone refractive procedures to be used in penetrating keratoplasty, anterior lamellar keratoplasty, or tectonic grafting procedures. …”
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Multimodal imaging quality control of epithelia regenerated with cultured human donor corneal limbal epithelial stem cells by Marco Lombardo, Sebastiano Serrao, Vanessa Barbaro, Enzo Di Iorio, Giuseppe Lombardo

“…Abstract Current imaging techniques for the characterization of differentiated corneal limbal stem cells are destructive and cannot be used in eye bank for monitoring the regenerated epithelium in culture. …”
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Perioperative and postoperative risk factors for corneal graft failure by Yu AL, Kaiser M, Schaumberger M, Messmer E, Kook D, Welge-Lussen U

“…Organ-cultured corneal tissue was obtained from the eye bank of Ludwig-Maximilians-University. Perioperative and postoperative risk factors for graft failure were evaluated by univariate and multivariate analyses.Results: The 5-year overall survival rate of penetrating keratoplasties was 68%. …”
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Treatment challenges associated with a superiorly located bulbar conjunctival mass—case report and review of the literature by Halah Bin Helayel, Rafah Fairaq, AlHatoon A. Al Najashi, Mohammed AlMutlak

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Outcomes of corneal transplantation using donor corneas retrieved from patients with chronic kidney disease by N Geetha Sravani, Ashik Mohamed, Sushma Nandyala, Sunita Chaurasia

“…Results: Of the total of 233 donor corneas retrieved from CKD, 135 (57.9%) were utilized for transplantation after the routine screening protocol of the eye bank. Mean age of the donors was 56.2 ± 13.5 years. …”
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Influence factors for successful corneal donation among Chinese adults:data from Nanjing between 2001 and 2012 by Li-Xun Chen, Qing-Huai Liu

“…The eligible participants were all the adults registered in Nanjing Red Cross Eye Bank to donate their corneas after death during the period of 2001 and 2012. …”
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Awareness and knowledge on eye donation among university students by Bharti, M.K., Reddy, S.C., Tajunisah, I., Ali, N.A.M.

“…Most of the students (376, 94%) did not know about any eye bank in Malaysia. One hundred and sixty (40%) students were aware that whole eye can be removed from the donor and 101 (25.25%) were aware that the cornea can be removed separately. …”

Growth of the human lens in the Indian adult population: Preliminary observations by Ashik Mohamed, Virender S Sangwan, Robert C Augusteyn

“…Materials and Methods: Lenses were removed from eye bank eyes and their dimensions measured with a digital caliper. …”
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Portable light transmission measuring system for preserved corneas by de Jesus Gabriel, de Oliveira Gunter, Ventura Liliane, Sousa Sidney JF

“…</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>By comparing the three methods and using the expertise of eye bank trained personnel, a table for quantifying corneal transparency with the new device has been developed. …”
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The Combined Utilization of Epithelial Thickness Mapping and Tomography in Keratorefractive Surgery Screening: One Imaging Modality is Not Sufficient by Corbin WM, Payne CJ, Momeni-Moghaddam H, Ronquillo YC, Hoopes Snr PC, Moshirfar M

“…Wyatt M Corbin,1 Carter J Payne,2,3 Hamed Momeni-Moghaddam,4 Yasmyne C Ronquillo,2 Phillip C Hoopes Snr,2 Majid Moshirfar2,5,6 1Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA; 2Hoopes Vision Research Center, Hoopes Vision, Draper, UT, USA; 3Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA; 4Rehabilitation Sciences Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran; 5Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; 6Utah Lion’s Eye Bank, Murray, UT, USACorrespondence: Majid Moshirfar, Hoopes Vision Research Center, Hoopes Vision, 11820 S. …”
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Review: corneal endothelial cell derivation methods from ES/iPS cells by Shin Hatou, Shigeto Shimmura

“…Regenerative therapy for corneal endothelium independent of eye bank eyes has great importance to solve the large supply-demand mismatching in corneal transplantation and reduce the number of worldwide corneal blindness. …”
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A novel pupilloplasty in crescent-shaped suturing pattern for coloboma and traumatic iris defects by Xiaoming Yao, Qian Kang, Wei Qi, Yuan Liu, Xiaoping Zhou, Mingwu Wang, Yukun Yang, Fengjiao Zhu, Wenchao Cao

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Evaluation of antioxidants and argpyrimidine in normal and cataractous lenses in north Indian population by Bharani K Mynampati, Sujata Ghosh, Thungapathra Muthukumarappa, Jagat Ram

“…METHODS: Human cataractous lenses were collected from the patients who underwent extracapsular cataract extraction surgery; clear lenses were collected from the freshly donated eye bank eyes. Antioxidant molecules such as glutathione and thioltransferase enzyme activity were measured; simultaneously in these lenses a blue fluorophore argpyrimidine, an advanced glycation end (AGE) product level was assessed using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). …”
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Quantitative measures of corneal transparency, derived from objective analysis of depth-resolved corneal images, demonstrated with full-field optical coherence tomographic microsco... by Romain Bocheux, Pascal Pernot, Vincent Borderie, Karsten Plamann, Kristina Irsch

“…However, current means to assess corneal transparency are extremely limited and clinical and eye-bank practice usually involve a subjective and qualitative observation of opacities, sometimes with comparison against an arbitrary grading scale, by means of slit-lamp biomicroscopy. …”
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