PMID: 9646093Jul 1, 1998Paper

A mouse model to study the wound healing response following filtration surgery

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology = Albrecht Von Graefes Archiv Für Klinische Und Experimentelle Ophthalmologie
H MietzM W Lieberman

Abstract

Failure of trabeculectomy is attributed to an exaggerated wound healing response at the episcleral level. We have developed a simple technique in mice that creates corneoscleral wounds and used it to study the role of growth factors in wound healing associated with loss of fistular patency. In addition, the effect of suramin on the wound healing response has been investigated. Using black C57B1/6 mice, we created a fistula from the subconjunctival space to the anterior chamber by external penetration with a 25-gauge needle through the bulbur conjunctiva. Eyes were examined by light microscopy at different times following surgery and evaluated for the presence of growth factors in the sclerosing wound by immunohistochemistry. In an additional group, suramin (1.0 mg/ml) was applied topically five times. The limbal/scleral wounds closed rapidly. Granulation tissue consisting mostly of fibroblasts developed within the first 2 days, and the collagen component increased over time. By 4 weeks, the wound was completely healed. We found that within 1 day after surgery GF beta 2 reached high intensity. TGF beta 1 and PDGF A reached maximal intensity by day 2 and remained elevated for about a week, PDGF B was present at moderate intensity...Continue Reading

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Jun 1, 1997·Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology = Albrecht Von Graefes Archiv Für Klinische Und Experimentelle Ophthalmologie·H MietzS F Basinger
Feb 28, 2006·Current Eye Research·Shiro MizoueYuichi Ohashi
Apr 17, 2004·International Ophthalmology Clinics·Sean-Paul A AtreidesAdam C Reynolds
Sep 9, 2004·Journal of Glaucoma·M B SherwoodD A Samuelson
Dec 12, 2019·Eye·David L Williams
Jul 18, 2003·Current Eye Research·Peter Oliver DenkMarcus Knorr
Sep 16, 2020·Scientific Reports·Keisuke AdachiAkira Matsuda

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