Exploring the Role of ROCK Inhibition in Corneal Edema Through Crosstalk Between Epithelial and Endothelial Cells.

The maintenance of corneal transparency and normal vision is dependent on preservation of epithelial and endothelial cell layer homeostases. Different types of corneal injury can induce swelling and losses in transparency. Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) is one type of injury that is commonly treated with rho-associated coiled-coil-containing protein kinase (ROCK) inhibitors.

Characterizing the Robustness of Distinct Clinical Assessments in Identifying Dry Eye Condition of Animal Models.

Purpose: The study aims to characterize the robustness of distinct clinical assessments in identifying the underlying conditions of dry eye disease (DED), with a specific emphasis on the involvement of conjunctival goblet cells.

Methods: Seven rabbits receiving surgical removal of the lacrimal and Harderian glands were divided into two groups, one with ablation of conjunctival goblet cells by topical soaking of trichloroacetic acid (TCA) to the bulbar conjunctiva ( = 3) and one without ( = 4), and the conditions of DED were assessed weekly using Schirmer test, tear breakup time (TBUT), tear osmolarity, and National Eye Institute (NEI) fluorescein staining grading. After 8 weeks, the rabbits were sacrificed, and the eyes were enucleated for histopathological examination.

Peripheral ulcerative keratitis secondary to chronic canaliculitis.

is a rarely reported ocular pathogen. It may induce severe peripheral corneal inflammation and subsequent perforation by canaliculitis. Timely detection of the reservoir of this pathogen would halt its progression.

Acute effects of noise exposure on 24-h ambulatory blood pressure in hypertensive adults.

Objective: Noise exposure is associated with elevated blood pressure, but the effects on susceptible workers have not been reported. This repeated-measure study investigated the effects of noise exposure on 24-h ambulatory blood pressure among hypertensive, pre-hypertensive, and normotensive adults.

Methods: We enrolled 113 volunteers in an occupational cohort in 2009.

Effects of environmental noise exposure on 24-h ambulatory vascular properties in adults.

Exposure to environmental noise has been associated with hypertension, but the related mechanism of vascular structural changes is unclear. This repeated-measure study investigated the effects of noise exposure on the 24-h ambulatory vascular structural properties in 66 adults aged 18-32 years. Individual noise exposure and personal vascular parameters were measured simultaneously in all subjects.

Effects of environmental noise exposure on ambulatory blood pressure in young adults.

Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that environmental noise exposure is associated with hypertension in middle-aged and older populations, but the relationship in the young subpopulation and between the genders is still unclear. This panel study investigated effects of environmental noise exposure on 24-h ambulatory blood pressure in 60 adults aged 18-32 years. Individual noise exposure and personal blood pressure were measured simultaneously for 30 males and 30 females.