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Ecoiffier T, Sadovnikova A, Yuen D, et al. Conjunctival lymphatic response to corneal inflammation in mice. J Ophthalmol. 2012;2012:953187doi: 10.1155/2012/953187.
Ecoiffier, T., Sadovnikova, A., Yuen, D., & Chen, L. (2012). Conjunctival lymphatic response to corneal inflammation in mice. Journal of ophthalmology, 2012953187. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/953187
Ecoiffier, Tatiana, et al. "Conjunctival lymphatic response to corneal inflammation in mice." Journal of ophthalmology vol. 2012 (2012): 953187. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/953187
Ecoiffier T, Sadovnikova A, Yuen D, Chen L. Conjunctival lymphatic response to corneal inflammation in mice. J Ophthalmol. 2012;2012:953187. doi: 10.1155/2012/953187. Epub 2012 Mar 15. PMID: 22523656; PMCID: PMC3317212.
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J Ophthalmol. 2012;2012:953187. doi: 10.1155/2012/953187. Epub 2012 Mar 15.

Conjunctival lymphatic response to corneal inflammation in mice.

Journal of ophthalmology

Tatiana Ecoiffier, Anna Sadovnikova, Don Yuen, Lu Chen

Affiliations

  1. Center for Eye Disease and Development, Program in Vision Science, and School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

PMID: 22523656 PMCID: PMC3317212 DOI: 10.1155/2012/953187

Abstract

Due to its unique characteristics, the cornea has been widely used for vascular research. However, it has never been studied whether lymphatic vessels in the conjunctiva, its neighboring tissue, are affected by corneal lymphangiogenesis (LG). The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the distribution pattern of conjunctival lymphatic vessels changes during LG using a standardized two-suture placement model. Our data from immunofluorescent microscopic studies demonstrate, for the first time, that conjunctival lymphatic vessels were more distributed in the nasal side under both normal and inflamed conditions. Additionally, under the inflamed condition, conjunctival lymphatic vessels showed a higher density and more branching points, indicating that LG occurs in the conjunctiva in response to corneal inflammation. This study not only provides novel insights into lymphatic events in the ocular surface but also offers new guidelines for developing therapeutic strategies to treat lymphatic diseases at related sites.

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