Laser Scanning In Vivo Confocal Microscopy of Clear Grafts after Penetrating Keratoplasty.
Laser Scanning In Vivo Confocal Microscopy of Clear Grafts after Penetrating Keratoplasty.
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穿透性角膜移植术后透明移植物的激光体内共焦显微镜检查
DOI:
10.1155/2016/5159746
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发表时间:
2016
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Gao H
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Wang D;Song P;Wang S;Sun D;Wang Y;Zhang Y;Gao H
Purpose. To evaluate the changes of keratocytes and dendritic cells in the central clear graft by laser scanning in vivo confocal microscopy after penetrating keratoplasty (PK). Methods. Thirty adult subjects receiving PK at Shandong Eye Institute and with clear grafts and no sign of immune rejection after surgery were recruited into this study, and 10 healthy adults were controls. The keratocytes and dendritic cells in the central graft were evaluated by laser scanning confocal microscopy, as well as epithelium cells, keratocytes, corneal endothelium cells, and corneal nerves (especially subepithelial plexus nerves). Results. Median density of subepithelial plexus nerves, keratocyte density in each layer of the stroma, and density of corneal endothelium cells were all lower in clear grafts than in controls. The dendritic cells of five (16.7%) patients were active in Bowman's membrane and stromal membrane of the graft after PK. Conclusions. Activated dendritic cells and Langerhans cells could be detected in some of the clear grafts, which indicated that the subclinical stress of immune reaction took part in the chronic injury of the clear graft after PK, even when there was no clinical rejection episode.