Publications by authors named "F N Fries"

Introduction: Congenital aniridia is increasingly recognized as part of a complex syndrome with numerous ocular developmental anomalies and non-ocular systemic manifestations. This requires comprehensive care and treatment of affected patients. Our purpose was to analyze systemic diseases in patients with congenital aniridia within the Homburg Aniridia Registry.

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Introduction: Congenital aniridia is a rare panocular disorder that is associated with varying degrees of impairment of visual acuity. The COST Action (CA18116) developed a survey (aniridia-net.eu) to assess patient-reported experiences with congenital aniridia and its impacts on vision and daily life.

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Background: Acute ischemic stroke is a leading cause of disability and dependency in daily life. While endovascular therapy has become the standard treatment for large vessel occlusions, its benefit for medium vessel occlusions has not yet been clearly established.

Objective: This article provides an overview of the current evidence, epidemiology, and clinical challenges of thrombectomy in distal medium vessel occlusions (DMVOs).

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Purpose: The potential risks and benefits of cataract surgery, in context of congenital aniridia (CA), are not widely understood, yet. Our purpose was to investigate the effect of lens properties on visual acuity (VA), aniridia-associated keratopathy (AAK) stage and presence of glaucoma at the Homburg Aniridia Center.

Methods: CA subjects, examined at the Department of Ophthalmology of Saarland University between June 2003 and January 2022, were included.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study investigates how increasing glucose levels affect gene expression in two types of human limbal fibroblasts: primary healthy (LFCs) and congenital aniridia (AN-LFCs).
  • LFCs and AN-LFCs were cultured in either normal glucose (17.5 mM) or high glucose (70 mM) for 48 or 72 hours, and various mRNA and protein expressions related to growth factors, oxidative stress, and hypoxia were analyzed.
  • Results showed that higher glucose significantly altered the expression of key markers like TGF-β1, Nrf2, and NFκB, with differing effects between LFCs and AN-LFCs, indicating a complex response to glucose
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