Affiliation:
1. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Complex
2. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Complex; Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry
Abstract
Human posterior corneal epithelium (corneal endothelium) has limited proliferative activity both in vivo and in vitro. Disease or dysfunction in these cells leads to impaired corneal transparency of varying degrees of severity, up to blindness. Currently, the only effective standard treatment for corneal endothelial dysfunction is transplantation of donor cornea that contains a pool of healthy and functionally active cells. However, there is a global shortage of donor corneas, which has led to an unmet clinical need and the fact that only 1 patient out of 10 in need receives surgical treatment. Therefore, creation of cellular constructs and artificial human corneas containing healthy endothelium is a very urgent challenge facing modern ophthalmic transplantology. This review presents the current state of affairs, challenges and prospects for obtaining cultured corneal endothelial cells (CECs) in vitro for transplantation purposes.
Publisher
V.I. Shimakov Federal Research Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs
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