- ►nih.gov - Free from Publisher A Touhami, MA Di Pascuale, T Kawatika, MD … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2005 - bjo.bmj.com Methods: 86 specimens including head, body, and fibrovascular tissue from 52
primary and 34 recurrent pterygia and five exenterated eyes without pterygia
were searched for the origin of myofibroblasts. All tissues were subjected ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - All 9 versions
- ►iovs.org J Chui, N Di Girolamo, MT Coroneo, D … - Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 2007 - ARVO PURPOSE. Pterygium is a prevalent ocular surface disorder thought to be
triggered by chronic ultraviolet damage to the limbus. One of the enigmatic
features of pterygium is its wing-like shape, and the mechanism(s) ... Cited by 9 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►amjpathol.org I Wang… - American Journal of Pathology, 2000 - ASIP Elastodysplasia and elastodystrophy are two known manifestations in the
conjunctival, ie, pinguecular, part of pterygia. But the mechanisms are still
not understood. The purpose of this study is to investigate the mechanism ... Cited by 16 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
S Kase, M Osaki, I Sato, S Takahashi, K … - British Medical Journal, 2007 - bjo.bmj.com Results: Immunoreactivity for E-cadherin was not detected in the normal cornea
and conjunctiva. In contrast, all corneal and conjunctival epithelial cells
showed a weak homogeneous immunoreaction for ß-catenin on the cell ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
YY Tsai, KC Chang, H Lee, YW Cheng, FJ … - Clin Experiment Ophthalmol, 2005 - interscience.wiley.com Background: The p53 protein is expressed in pterygial epithelium, but the
reported prevalence of its expression varies widely. Although the cause of this
variation is unknown, several factors that may play a role have been ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►iovs.org N Kato, S Shimmura, T Kawakita, H Miyashita … - Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 2007 - ARVO RESULTS. Histopathology showed aberrant fibrotic proliferation beneath the
pterygium epithelium, with epithelial processes extending into the stroma.
Transmission electron microscopy revealed the dissociation of epithelial ... Cited by 13 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
J Chui, N Di Girolamo, D Wakefield, MT … - The Ocular Surface, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com Pterygium is a disease of the ocular surface that is associated with chronic UV
exposure and is characterized by proliferation, inflammatory infiltrates,
fibrosis, angiogenesis and extracellular matrix breakdown. Although ... Cited by 14 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
YY Tsai, DT Bau, CC Chiang, YW Cheng, SH … - Mol Vis, 2007 - molvis.org Purpose: UV irradiation can produce a wide range of DNA damage, which will lead
to gene mutation and uncontrolled cell proliferation. Of the many types of DNA
damage, DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) are the most serious form, because ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - Cached - All 3 versions
PL Chen, YW Cheng, CC Chiang, SH Tseng, … - Mol Vis, 2006 - molvis.org Purpose: A pterygium has long been considered as a degenerative condition. After
p53 protein was found to be abnormally expressed in the epithelium, researchers
suggested that a pterygium may be a tumor, but additional evidence is ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - Cached - All 3 versions
JK Lee, YS Song, HS Ha, JH Park, MK Kim, AJ … - Eye, 2006 - nature.com We studied 13 normal controls and 28 pterygium patients (primary (n=15),
recurrent (n=13)). Substance-P, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and
stem cell factor (SCF) were measured in plasma and tears using ELISA, and ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
