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Increased Expression of Hepcidin and Toll-Like Receptors 8 and 10 in Viral Keratitis (2011)
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Mohammed, I., Abedin, A., Tsintzas, K., Abedin, S. A., Otri, A. M., Hopkinson, A., …Dua, H. S. (2011). Increased Expression of Hepcidin and Toll-Like Receptors 8 and 10 in Viral Keratitis. Cornea, 30(8), 899-904. https://doi.org/10.1097/ICO.0b013e31820126e5

Purpose: Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and toll-like receptors (TLRs) form part of the “chemical barrier” of the ocular surface to microbes. Evidence suggests that pathogen recognition by TLR releases AMPs, altering AMP-TLR profiles in pathologic... Read More about Increased Expression of Hepcidin and Toll-Like Receptors 8 and 10 in Viral Keratitis.

Signalling pathways involved in ribonuclease-7 expression (2010)
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Mohammed, I., Yeung, A., Abedin, A., Hopkinson, A., & Dua, H. S. (2011). Signalling pathways involved in ribonuclease-7 expression. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 68(11), 1941-1952. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-010-0540-2

Antimicrobial peptides are host defence molecules that play a potential role in preventing infection at the epithelial surfaces. Ribonuclease (RNase)-7 has been shown to possess a broad spectrum of microbicidal activity against various pathogens. Her... Read More about Signalling pathways involved in ribonuclease-7 expression.

Comparative transcriptional profiling of the limbal epithelial crypt demonstrates its putative stem cell niche characteristics (2010)
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Kulkarni, B. B., Tighe, P. J., Mohammed, I., Yeung, A. M., Powe, D. G., Hopkinson, A., …Dua, H. S. (2010). Comparative transcriptional profiling of the limbal epithelial crypt demonstrates its putative stem cell niche characteristics. BMC Genomics, 11(1), Article 526. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-11-526

Background: The Limbal epithelial crypt (LEC) is a solid cord of cells, approximately 120 microns long. It arises from the undersurface of interpalisade rete ridges of the limbal palisades of Vogt and extends deeper into the limbal stroma parallel or... Read More about Comparative transcriptional profiling of the limbal epithelial crypt demonstrates its putative stem cell niche characteristics.

Localization and Gene Expression of Human ?-Defensin 9 at the Human Ocular Surface Epithelium (2010)
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Mohammed, I., Suleman, H., Otri, A. M., Kulkarni, B. B., Chen, P., Hopkinson, A., & Dua, H. S. (2010). Localization and Gene Expression of Human ?-Defensin 9 at the Human Ocular Surface Epithelium. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 51(9), 4677-4682. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.10-5334

Purpose: Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are multifunctional host defense molecules. Human ?-defensin 9 (HBD9) has previously been shown to be downregulated during ocular surface (OS) infection or inflammation. Here, the authors aimed to study localiz... Read More about Localization and Gene Expression of Human ?-Defensin 9 at the Human Ocular Surface Epithelium.

Epidermal Growth Factor Variations in Amniotic Membrane Used for Ex Vivo Tissue Constructs (2009)
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Gicquel, J., Dua, H. S., Brodie, A., Mohammed, I., Suleman, H., Lazutina, E., …Hopkinson, A. (2009). Epidermal Growth Factor Variations in Amniotic Membrane Used for Ex Vivo Tissue Constructs. Tissue Engineering: Parts A, B, and C, 15(8), 1919-1927. https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.tea.2008.0432

Introduction: The amniotic membrane (AM) is used for engineering ex vivo tissue constructs used in ocular surface reconstruction. Epidermal growth factor (EGF) content of the AM is believed to play a key role in supporting corneal epithelial cell exp... Read More about Epidermal Growth Factor Variations in Amniotic Membrane Used for Ex Vivo Tissue Constructs.

A novel antimicrobial peptide on the ocular surface shows decreased expression in inflammation and infection (2008)
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Abedin, A., Mohammed, I., Hopkinson, A., & Dua, H. S. (2008). A novel antimicrobial peptide on the ocular surface shows decreased expression in inflammation and infection. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 49(1), (28-33). doi:10.1167/iovs.07-0645. ISSN 1552-5783

PURPOSE: Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are cationic host defense peptides with microbicidal and cell-signaling properties. They show promise as potential therapeutic agents. In the present study, a beta-defensin AMP gene was isolated from the ocular... Read More about A novel antimicrobial peptide on the ocular surface shows decreased expression in inflammation and infection.

Morphological characteristics of the limbal epithelial crypt (2006)
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Shanmuganathan, V. A., Foster, T., Kulkarni, B. B., Hopkinson, A., Gray, T., Powe, D. G., …Dua, H. S. (2007). Morphological characteristics of the limbal epithelial crypt. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 91(4), 514-519. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2006.102640

Aim: In 2005 we reported the discovery of a novel anatomical structure at the limbus, which we termed the limbal epithelial crypt (LEC). The purpose of this study was to further evaluate the distribution, immunophenotypical, and ultra structural char... Read More about Morphological characteristics of the limbal epithelial crypt.