ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2023
Dry eye disease in mice activates adaptive corneal epithelial regeneration distinct from constitutive renewal in homeostasis.
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- SPARC Promotes Corneal Epithelial Wound Healing Through β-catenin Nuclear Translocation and c-Met Activation.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
- Ocular IL-1α/IFN-γ Delay the Corneal Wound Healing in Rheumatoid Arthritis Through Mitochondrial Dysfunction and NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
- A Viscous DES-AAV-Foxo1 Delivery System With High Transfection Efficiency for the Treatment of Corneal Endothelial Dysfunction by Restoring Mitochondria-ER Contacts.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
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- High-performance proteomics reveals immune, epithelial, and vascular dysregulation underlying lacrimal fluid defects in patients with aniridia.BMC ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Persistent loss of membrane-associated MUC4 reprograms physiological functions in corneal epithelial cells via MAPK-dependent cascade.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- In situ spatial transcriptomics reveals novel markers of the limbal stem cell niche and ocular surface epithelia.Stem cell reports · 2026Article
- TAZ (bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Macrophage immunosenescence prolongs intraocular inflammation in aged mice via impaired induction of regulatory T cells.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- PAX6 Deficiency Compromises the Ability of Limbal Epithelial Stem Cells to Properly Differentiate Into Mature Corneal Epithelial Cells.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
- Losartan Alleviates Chemical Burn-Induced Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency: Repurposing a Venerable Anti-Hypertension Drug.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
- Hydrogel-Mediated Sustained Delivery of Corneal Epithelial Extracellular Vesicles: A Strategy for Enhanced Corneal Regeneration.ACS omega · 2025Article
- Protein arginine methyltransferase 1 stimulates basal cell proliferation and migration to maintain corneal epithelial homeostasis.Cell death discovery · 2025Article
- Accumulation of Epigenetic Noise in the Aging Corneal Epithelium and Its Possible Mechanism.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025Article
- SLC6A6-Mediated Taurine Uptake Sustains Corneal Epithelial Stem/Progenitor Cell Function to Counteract Age-Related Dysfunction.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Article
- IFITM1/OVOL1 Axis Is a Novel Regulator of the Expansion of the Limbal Epithelial Stem/Early Transient Amplifying Cell Population.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025Article
- A Comprehensive Proteome of Human Corneal Epithelial Cells Constructed by Cross-platform DIA-Mass Spectrometry.Scientific data · 2025Article
- Spatiotemporal single-cell analysis elucidates the cellular and molecular dynamics of human cornea aging.Genome medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Many epithelial compartments undergo constitutive renewal in homeostasis but activate unique regenerative responses following injury. The clear corneal epithelium is crucial for vision and is renewed from limbal stem cells (LSCs). Using single-cell RNA sequencing, we profiled the mouse corneal epithelium in homeostasis, aging, diabetes, and dry eye disease (DED), where tear deficiency predisposes the cornea to recurrent injury. In homeostasis, we capture the transcriptional states that accomplish continuous tissue turnover. We leverage our dataset to identify candidate genes and gene networks that characterize key stages across homeostatic renewal, including markers for LSCs. In aging and diabetes, there were only mild changes with <15 dysregulated genes. The constitutive cell types that accomplish homeostatic renewal were conserved in DED but were associated with activation of cell states that comprise "adaptive regeneration." We provide global markers that distinguish cell types in homeostatic renewal vs. adaptive regeneration and markers that specifically define DED-elicited proliferating and differentiating cell types. We validate that expression of SPARC, a marker of adaptive regeneration, is also induced in corneal epithelial wound healing and accelerates wound closure in a corneal epithelial cell scratch assay. Finally, we propose a classification system for LSC markers based on their expression fidelity in homeostasis and disease. This transcriptional dissection uncovers the dramatically altered transcriptional landscape of the corneal epithelium in DED, providing a framework and atlas for future study of these ocular surface stem cells in health and disease.
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