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ReviewCurrent opinion in allergy and clinical immunology2014

Conjunctival epithelial and goblet cell function in chronic inflammation and ocular allergic inflammation.

Darlene A Dartt, Sharmila Masli

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Review in Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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57citing papers in PubMed
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57 citing papers in PubMed, 106 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Darlene A DarttaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Schepens Eye Research Institute/Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School bDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Sharmila Masli
Harvard University · USSmith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute · US

Funding

Conjunctival Goblet Cell Mucin Secretion in Inflammation and Its ResolutionR01EY019470 · NEI · SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI DARTT, DARLENE A · 2009 to 2023
$7.4M
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Immune Regulation of Ocular InflammationR01EY015472 · NEI · SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI MASLI, SHARMILA · 2004 to 2013
$4.3M
Conjunctival Goblet Cell NLRP3 Inflammasome in Ocular Surface Bacterial InfectionR01EY022415 · NEI · SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI DARTT, DARLENE A · 2012 to 2015
$1.7M
NEI NIH HHS EY015472NEI NIH HHS EY019470NEI NIH HHS EY022415NEI NIH HHS R01 EY015472NEI NIH HHS R01 EY019470NEI NIH HHS R01 EY022415
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewAlthough conjunctival goblet cells are a major cell type in ocular mucosa, their responses during ocular allergy are largely unexplored. This review summarizes the recent findings that provide key insights into the mechanisms by which their function and survival are altered during chronic inflammatory responses, including ocular allergy. RECENT

findingsConjunctiva represents a major component of the ocular mucosa that harbors specialized lymphoid tissue. Exposure of mucin-secreting goblet cells to allergic and inflammatory mediators released by the local innate and adaptive immune cells modulates proliferation, secretory function, and cell survival. Allergic mediators like histamine, leukotrienes, and prostaglandins directly stimulate goblet cell mucin secretion and consistently increase goblet cell proliferation. Goblet cell mucin secretion is also detectable in a murine model of allergic conjunctivitis. Additionally, primary goblet cell cultures allow evaluation of various inflammatory cytokines with respect to changes in goblet cell mucin secretion, proliferation, and apoptosis. These findings in combination with the preclinical mouse models help understand the goblet cell responses and their modulation during chronic inflammatory diseases, including ocular allergy. SUMMARY: Recent findings related to conjunctival goblet cells provide the basis for novel therapeutic approaches, involving modulation of goblet cell mucin production, to improve treatment of ocular allergies.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisCell ProliferationChronic DiseaseConjunctivaConjunctivitis, AllergicCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalGoblet CellsHumansImmunity, MucosalInflammationMiceMucinsCytokinesMucins

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PMID25061855
PMCPMC4206188
OpenAlexW2313289314

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