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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2014

New trends in quantitative assessment of the corneal barrier function.

Anton Guimerà, Xavi Illa, Estefania Traver, Carmen Herrero, Miguel J Maldonado, Rosa Villa

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Sensors and technologies in Spain: state-of-the-art.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anton GuimeràInstitut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona IMB-CNM (CSIC), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain. anton.guimera@csic.es.
Xavi IllaInstitut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona IMB-CNM (CSIC), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain. xavier.illa@imb-cnm.csic.es.
Estefania TraverLaboratorios SALVAT S.A., 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain. etraver@salvatbiotech.com.
Carmen HerreroLaboratorios SALVAT S.A., 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain. cherrero@salvatbiotech.com.
Miguel J MaldonadoIOBA-Eye Institute, University of Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid, Spain. maldonado@ioba.med.uva.es.
Rosa VillaInstitut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona IMB-CNM (CSIC), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain. rosa.villa@csic.es.
Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine · ESSalvat (Spain) · ESUniversidad de Valladolid · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cornea is a very particular tissue due to its transparency and its barrier function as it has to resist against the daily insults of the external environment. In addition, maintenance of this barrier function is of crucial importance to ensure a correct corneal homeostasis. Here, the corneal epithelial permeability has been assessed in vivo by means of non-invasive tetrapolar impedance measurements, taking advantage of the huge impact of the ion fluxes in the passive electrical properties of living tissues. This has been possible by using a flexible sensor based in SU-8 photoresist. In this work, a further analysis focused on the validation of the presented sensor is performed by monitoring the healing process of corneas that were previously wounded. The obtained impedance measurements have been compared with the damaged area observed in corneal fluorescein staining images. The successful results confirm the feasibility of this novel method, as it represents a more sensitive in vivo and non-invasive test to assess low alterations of the epithelial permeability. Then, it could be used as an excellent complement to the fluorescein staining image evaluation.

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ElectrodesAnimalsConductometryDiagnostic Techniques, OphthalmologicalElectric ConductivityEpithelium, CornealEquipment DesignEquipment Failure AnalysisHumansPlethysmography, ImpedanceRabbitsReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and Specificity

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PMID24841249
PMCPMC4063059
OpenAlexW1975814130

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