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ArticleScientific reports2017

Second harmonic generation imaging of corneal stroma after infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Danielle M Robertson, Nathan A Rogers, W Matthew Petroll, Meifang Zhu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Danielle M RobertsonDepartment of Ophthalmology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Nathan A RogersDepartment of Ophthalmology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
W Matthew PetrollDepartment of Ophthalmology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Meifang ZhuDepartment of Ophthalmology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

Assessment of Corneal Fibroblast Biomechanical BehaviorR01EY013322 · NEI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI PETROLL, W MATTHEW · 2001 to 2025
$9.0M
Effects of Systemic Disease on Corneal Epithelial PathophysiologyR01EY024546 · NEI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI DANIELLE M. ROBERTSON · 2015 to 2026
$4.3M
Core Grant for Vision ResearchP30EY020799 · NEI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI NIEDERKORN, JERRY · 2010 to 2016
$4.1M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY020799NEI NIH HHS R01 EY013322NEI NIH HHS R01 EY024546
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a pathogenic gram-negative organism that has the ability to cause blinding corneal infections following trauma and during contact lens wear. In this study, we investigated the directional movement and orientation of an invasive corneal isolate of P. aeruginosa in the corneal stroma during infection of ex vivo and in vivo rabbit corneas using multiphoton fluorescence and second harmonic generation (SHG) imaging. Ex vivo, rabbit corneas were subject to three partial thickness wounds prior to inoculation. In vivo, New Zealand white rabbits were fit with P. aeruginosa laden contact lenses in the absence of a penetrating wound. At all time points tested, infiltration of the corneal stroma by P. aeruginosa revealed a high degree of alignment between the bacteria and collagen lamellae ex vivo (p < 0.001). In vivo, P. aeruginosa traveled throughout the stroma in discrete regions or bands. Within each region, the bacteria showed good alignment with collagen lamellae (P = 0.002). Interestingly, in both the in vitro and in vivo models, P. aeruginosa did not appear to cross the corneal limbus. Taken together, our findings suggest that P. aeruginosa exploits the precise spacing of collagen lamellae in the central cornea to facilitate spread throughout the stroma.

Indexed as

Second Harmonic Generation MicroscopyAnimalsCorneal StromaPseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas InfectionsRabbitsSignal Processing, Computer-Assisted

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PMID28397809
PMCPMC5387403
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