Corneal Stroma Cell Density Evolution in Keratoconus Corneas Following the Implantation of Adipose Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Corneal Laminas: An In Vivo Confocal Microscopy Study.


Por: El Zarif M, A Jawad K, Alió Del Barrio JL, A Jawad Z, Palazón-Bru A, de Miguel MP, Saba P, Makdissy N and Alió JL

Publicada: 9 abr 2020
Resumen:
PURPOSE: To report the corneal stroma cell density evolution identified by in vivo corneal confocal microscopy in humans using injected autologous adipose-derived adult stem cells (ADASCs) and corneal decellularized laminas in corneas with advanced keratoconus. METHODS: Interventional prospective, consecutive, randomized, comparative series of cases. A total of 14 keratoconic patients were randomly distributed into three groups for three types of surgical interventions: group 1 (G-1), autologous ADASC implantation (n = 5); group 2 (G-2), decellularized human corneal stroma (n = 5); and group 3 (G-3), autologous ADASCs + decellularized human corneal stroma (n = 4). RESULTS: A gradual and significant increase (P < 0.001) was observed in the cellularity in the anterior and posterior stroma of patients in G-1, G-2, and G-3 a year after the surgery in comparison with the preoperative density level. The same result was observed at the mid-corneal stroma in G-1 and at the anterior and posterior surfaces and within the laminas in G-2 and G-3. The cell density of patients receiving ADASC recellularized laminas (G-3) was statistically significantly higher (P = 0.011) at the anterior surface and within the lamina (P = 0.029) and at the posterior surface than in those implanted only with decellularized laminas (G-2). CONCLUSIONS: A significant increase in cell density occurred up to 1 postoperative year at the corneal stroma following the implantation of ADASCs alone, as well as in those cases implanted with decellularized and recellularized laminas at the different levels of the analysis. However, this increase was significantly higher in the ADASC recellularized laminas.

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El Zarif M:
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A Jawad K:
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Alió Del Barrio JL:
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de Miguel MP:
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Saba P:
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Makdissy N:
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Alió JL:
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ISSN: 01460404
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ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, 12300 TWINBROOK PARKWAY, ROCKVILLE, MD 20852-1606 USA, Estados Unidos America
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 61 Número: 4
Páginas: 22-22
WOS Id: 000535625700021
ID de PubMed: 32301973
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