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ArticleJournal of nature and science2017

The role of corneal stroma: A potential nutritional source for the cornea.

Lingling Zhang, Matthew C Anderson, Chia-Yang Liu

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Article in Journal of nature and science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Protective Effects ofJournal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2025
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  3. Evaluation ofFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025
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  5. Corneal biomechanics and diagnostics: a review.International ophthalmology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Lingling ZhangIndiana University School of Optometry, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.
Matthew C AndersonIndiana University School of Optometry, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.
Chia-Yang LiuIndiana University School of Optometry, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.

Funding

Molecular mechanism of corneal epithelial stratification and innervationR01EY029071 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI LIU, CHIA-YANG · 2019 to 2022
$2.1M
Mouse Model for Eyelid Disease: Congenital BlepharophimosisR01EY021501 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI LIU, CHIA-YANG · 2011 to 2015
$1.9M
New Insights into the Ocular Surface in Health and DiseaseR01EY023680 · NEI · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI LIU, CHIA-YANG · 2015 to 2017
$1.3M
Short-Term Research Training For Optometry StudentsT35EY013937 · NEI · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI MILLER, DONALD T · 2001 to 2021
$717k
Preschool Vision Screening by Parental Risk Factor QuestionnaireR21EY023086 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · PI MANNY, RUTH E · 2013 to 2014
$380k
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY021501NEI NIH HHS R01 EY023680NEI NIH HHS R01 EY029071NEI NIH HHS R21 EY023086NEI NIH HHS T35 EY013937
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Corneal stroma plays a pivotal role in normal visual function. Anatomically, it is located between the outer epithelium and the inner endothelium and is the thickest layer of the cornea. Keratocytes in the stroma produce a variety of cellular products, including growth factors/cytokines, extracellular matrix (ECM) components, and kinases. These products support normal corneal development and homeostasis.

Indexed as

Corneal StromaCytokinesExtracellular MatrixKeratocytesKinases

Identifiers

PMID28936480
PMCPMC5605150

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