Professor HARMINDER DUA's Outputs (5)

Nerve terminals at the human corneoscleral limbus (2017)
Journal Article
Al -Aqaba, M., Anis, F. S., Mohammed, I., & Dua, H. S. (2017). Nerve terminals at the human corneoscleral limbus. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 102(4), 556-561. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2017-311146

Aims: To demonstrate and characterise distinct subepithelial compact nerve endings (CNE) at the human corneoscleral limbus.

Methods: Ten fresh human donor corneoscleral discs (mean age, 67 years) and 26 organ-cultured corneoscleral rims (mean age,... Read More about Nerve terminals at the human corneoscleral limbus.

Survival of corneal nerve/sheath structures in organ-cultured donor corneas (2017)
Journal Article
Dhillon, V. K., Elalfy, M. S., Messina, M., Al-Aqaba, M., & Dua, H. S. (2018). Survival of corneal nerve/sheath structures in organ-cultured donor corneas. Acta Ophthalmologica, 96(3), e334-e340. https://doi.org/10.1111/aos.13614

Purpose
To study the morphology of human corneal nerves in eye bank organ‐cultured corneas and in corneal grafts post‐transplantation.

Methods
Thirty‐seven organ‐cultured corneas were divided into: Group‐A, anterior 300–400 μm of 20 corneas used... Read More about Survival of corneal nerve/sheath structures in organ-cultured donor corneas.

Air pressure changes in the creation and bursting of the type-1 big bubble in deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty: an ex vivo study (2017)
Journal Article
AlTaan, S., Mohammed, I., Said, D., & Dua, H. (2018). Air pressure changes in the creation and bursting of the type-1 big bubble in deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty: an ex vivo study. Eye, 32(1), 146-151. https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2017.121

Purpose: To measure the pressure and volume of air required to create a big bubble (BB) in simulated deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) in donor eyes and ascertain the bursting pressure of the BB.
Patients and methods: Twenty-two human scler... Read More about Air pressure changes in the creation and bursting of the type-1 big bubble in deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty: an ex vivo study.

Human antimicrobial peptides in ocular surface defense (2017)
Journal Article
Mohammed, I., Said, D. G., & Dua, H. S. (2017). Human antimicrobial peptides in ocular surface defense. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, 61, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.preteyeres.2017.03.004

Sight depends on the passage of light through the transparent cornea and being focused on the fovea. Its exposed position renders it vulnerable to microbial infection. The cornea has developed a wide array of defense mechanisms against infection, of... Read More about Human antimicrobial peptides in ocular surface defense.

3D microfabricated scaffolds and microfluidic devices for ocular surface replacement: a review (2017)
Journal Article
Prina, E., Mistry, P., Sidney, L. E., Yang, J., Wildman, R. D., Bertolin, M., Breda, C., Ferrari, B., Barbaro, V., Hopkinson, A., Dua, H. S., Ferrari, S., & Rose, F. R. A. (2017). 3D microfabricated scaffolds and microfluidic devices for ocular surface replacement: a review. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, 13(3), 430-441. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12015-017-9740-6

In recent years, there has been increased research interest in generating corneal substitutes, either for use in the clinic or as in vitro corneal models. The advancement of 3D microfabrication technologies has allowed the reconstruction of the nativ... Read More about 3D microfabricated scaffolds and microfluidic devices for ocular surface replacement: a review.