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ArticleCornea2017

Efficacy of Sodium Hyaluronate in Murine Diabetic Ocular Surface Diseases.

Guohu Di, Xia Qi, Xiaowen Zhao, Songmei Zhang, Qingjun Zhou

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Article in Cornea, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Diabetic corneal neuropathy: clinical perspectives.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018
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  8. Evaluation of artificial tears on cornea epithelium healing.International journal of ophthalmology · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Guohu DiShandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Shandong Eye Institute, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Qingdao, China.
Xia Qi
Xiaowen Zhao
Songmei Zhang
Qingjun Zhou
Shandong Eye Hospital · CNShandong First Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the efficacy of sodium hyaluronate (HA) eye drops for the treatment of diabetic ocular surface diseases in mice.

methodsMale 6- to 8-week-old C57BL/6 mice underwent induction of type 1 diabetes with intraperitoneal injections of streptozotocin, with normal mice as the control. Topical 0.3% HA, 0.1% HA, 0.4% polyethylene glycol eye drops, and normal saline were administered to diabetic mice with an intact or debrided corneal epithelium. Normal saline was applied in the controls. Corneal epithelial wound healing rate, corneal sensation, nerve fiber density, conjunctival goblet cell number, and MUC-5AC content were measured and compared.

resultsCompared with the controls, topical 0.3% HA use in diabetic mice showed significant improvements in the corneal epithelial wound healing rate (48 hours: 91.5% ± 4.8% vs. 79.8% ± 6.1%; P < 0.05), corneal sensitivity (4.1 ± 0.3 cm vs. 3.5 ± 0.3 cm; P < 0.05), nerve fiber density (12.9% ± 2.3% vs. 6.6% ± 2.4%; P < 0.05), conjunctival goblet cell number (31.0 ± 8.4/100 μm vs. 19.6 ± 7.1/100 μm; P < 0.05), and MUC-5AC content (12.5 ± 1.4 ng/mg vs. 7.8 ± 1.5 ng/mg protein; P < 0.05). The beneficial effects of 0.3% HA were better than those of 0.1% HA and 0.4% polyethylene glycol.

conclusionsTopical 0.3% HA treatment promoted corneal epithelial regeneration, improved corneal sensation, and increased density of corneal nerve fibers and conjunctival goblet cells in mice with diabetic ocular surface diseases.

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Adjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsConjunctivaCorneal DiseasesDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDisease Models, AnimalEpithelium, CornealGoblet CellsHyaluronic AcidMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNerve RegenerationStreptozocinWound HealingAdjuvants, ImmunologicHyaluronic AcidStreptozocin

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PMID28644234
PMCPMC5542787
OpenAlexW2638967302

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