用太阳光与黎波黄素进行角质交联
Emilio A Torres-Netto1, Hormoz Abdshahzadeh, Nan-Ji Lu
1From the Ocular Cell Biology Group, Center for Applied Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (Torres-Netto, Abdshahzadeh, Abrishamchi, Hillen, F. Hafezi); ELZA Institute AG, Dietikon, Switzerland (Torres-Netto, Abdshahzadeh, Lu, Abrishamchi, Hillen, N. Hafezi, F. Hafezi); Department of Ophthalmology, Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Torres-Netto); Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (Torres-Netto, N. Hafezi, Koppen, F. Hafezi); Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium (Lu, Koppen); Department of Ophthalmology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium (Lu); Computer Vision Laboratory, Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland (Kling); Department of Ophthalmology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (F. Hafezi); School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China (F. Hafezi).
暴露在阳光下,里波弗拉浸泡的角膜增加了硬度,类似于角膜交叉连接 (CXL). 这表明,阳光可能提供一种不那么侵入性的CXL替代品,使用口服里波弗拉和分成的光照.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 生物技术是生物技术.
- 生物材料科学 生物材料科学
背景情况:
- 角膜交叉连接 (CXL) 是一种标准的程序,用于硬角膜.
- 目前的CXL方法使用里波弗拉和UV-A光.
- 研究替代CXL方法对于改善患者的治疗结果至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定阳光是否可以诱导含有利博黄素的角膜的生物机械硬化.
- 为了比较阳光诱导的硬与基于UV-A光的CXL.
主要方法:
- 在一项实验研究中使用了猪眼睛.
- 测量了角膜肌瘤中的 рибофлавин度.
- 脱上皮的角膜被浸泡在里波弗拉 (0.1%或0.5%) 中,并暴露在阳光下.
- 弹性模量计算以评估角膜硬度.
主要成果:
- 与对照组相比,暴露在阳光下显著增加了与 рибофлавин浸泡的角膜的角膜硬度.
- 较高的 рибофлавин度 (0.5%) 并没有导致明显更大的硬化比0.1%.
- 一个趋势表明,长时间的紫外线A暴露与0.1%的 рибофлавин可能会增强硬化.
结论:
- 暴露在阳光下,可以有效地使黄素浸泡的角膜变硬.
- 这一发现支持太阳光作为一种不那么侵入性的CXL技术的潜力.
- 口服 рибофлавин 和分成部分的阳光暴露可能代表新的,不那么侵入性的CXL方法.
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