Publications by authors named "Lien-Chieh Ding"
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigates how eye removal (enucleation) and the placement of prosthetic eyes impact the microbiome (bacteria and viruses) on the ocular surface, using samples from 20 patients who had an eye removed and 20 who had their intact eye.
- - Techniques like 16S ribosomal PCR and biome representational karyotyping were used, revealing similar bacterial communities in both groups, although the viral load of Merkel cell polyoma virus (MCPyV) was significantly higher in the enucleated eyes.
- - These findings indicate that eye removal and prosthetics may alter the virome, especially the presence of MCPyV, which could be important for understanding its role in conditions like Merkel cell
