In vivo confocal microscopy and trachomatous conjunctival scarring: Predictors for clinical progression.

Jeremy John HoffmanPatrick MassaeHelen A WeissWilliam MakupaMatthew J BurtonVictor H Hu

Published in: Clinical & experimental ophthalmology (2020)

Quantitative IVCM parameters, including connective tissue organization score and the presence of dendritiform cells, are associated with disease progression and may be useful markers in trachoma and other conjunctival fibrotic diseases.

Keyphrases

induced apoptosis
cell cycle arrest
high resolution
endoplasmic reticulum stress
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
oxidative stress
signaling pathway
cell death
cell proliferation
pi k akt
mass spectrometry