Growth factor expression in corneal wound healing after excimer laser keratectomy

• Published in: Cornea Vol. 18; no. 5; p. 580
• Main Authors: Faktorovich, E G, Badawi, D Y, Maloney, R K, Ariyasu, R G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.1999
• Subjects: Animals; Cornea - metabolism; Cornea - pathology; Cornea - surgery; Corneal Opacity - etiology; Corneal Opacity - metabolism; Corneal Opacity - pathology; Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 - metabolism; Immunoenzyme Techniques; Lasers, Excimer; Male; Photorefractive Keratectomy - adverse effects; Rabbits; Time Factors; Transforming Growth Factor beta - metabolism; Wound Healing
• ISSN: 0277-3740
• DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199909000-00011

To develop a rabbit model of reproducible corneal haze after excimer laser keratectomy and to characterize expression of transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) in rabbit corneas during haze formation. Seven rabbits underwent a 100 microm deep phototherape...