| Literature DB >> 32360792 |
Becca A Flitter1, Xiaohui Fang2, Michael A Matthay2, Karsten Gronert3.
Abstract
In the last twenty years an impressive body of evidence in diverse inflammatory animal disease models and human tissues, has established polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) derived specialized-pro-resolving mediators (SPM), as essential mediators for controlling acute inflammation, immune responses, wound healing and for resolving acute inflammation in many non-ocular tissues. SPM pathways and receptors are highly expressed in the ocular surface where they regulate wound healing, nerve regeneration, innate immunity and sex-specific regulation of auto-immune responses. Recent evidence indicates that in the eye these resident SPM networks are important for maintaining ocular surface health and immune homeostasis. Here, we will review and discuss evidence for SPMs and other PUFA-derived mediators as important endogenous regulators, biomarkers for ocular surface health and disease and their therapeutic potential.Entities:
Keywords: Conjunctiva; Cornea; Corneal transplant; Dry eye disease; Infection; Nerve regeneration; Neutrophil; Specialized pro-resolving mediators; Tears; Wound healing
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Year: 2020 PMID： 32360792 PMCID： PMC7606340 DOI： 10.1016/j.jtos.2020.04.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ocul Surf ISSN： 1542-0124 Impact factor: 5.033