Clinical ocular surface characteristics and expression of MUC5AC in diabetics: a population-based study.
Zijie FangKe LiuEmmanuel Eric PazoFei LiLianqing ChangZhongFang ZhangCaijie ZhangYue HuangRuibo YangHui LiuChen ZhangShaozhen ZhaoPublished in: Eye (London, England) (2024)
Diabetics with dry eye exhibited notably higher corneal fluorescein and conjunctival lissamine green staining scores. Conjunctival goblet cells and MUC5AC were significantly reduced in diabetics. Higher TFO was associated with the duration of diabetes and HbA1c levels.
Keyphrases
- glycemic control
- type diabetes
- induced apoptosis
- poor prognosis
- cell cycle arrest
- cardiovascular disease
- weight loss
- insulin resistance
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- cell death
- optical coherence tomography
- adipose tissue
- flow cytometry
- metabolic syndrome
- cell proliferation
- long non coding rna
- skeletal muscle
- wound healing