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ArticleBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Rapamycin Mitigates Corneal Damage in a Mouse Model of Alkali Burn Injury.

Basanta Bhujel, Woojune Hur, Seorin Lee, Hun Lee, Ho Seok Chung, Jae Yong Kim

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Article in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Basanta BhujelDepartment of Ophthalmology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-0503-8900
Woojune HurDepartment of Ophthalmology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea.
Seorin LeeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea.
Hun LeeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea.
Ho Seok ChungDepartment of Ophthalmology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea.
Jae Yong KimDepartment of Ophthalmology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-8571-8350

Funding

Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Seoul, Republic of Korea. NRF-2022R1F1A1073895, 2025IL0022
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alkali burns to the cornea cause severe damage characterized by an intense inflammatory response driven by inflammatory cytokines, which orchestrate pathological processes, including neovascularization, fibrosis, apoptosis, abnormal cell proliferation, and disorganization of the extracellular matrix (ECM), often resulting in permanent vision impairment or loss. Rapamycin (RAPA), a well-known mTOR inhibitor with potent immunosuppressive activity and pleiotropic therapeutic effects, was investigated as a novel restorative modality for promoting corneal wound healing in a mouse model of alkali burn injury. Topical RAPA treatment significantly reduced clinical signs of inflammation and decreased the infiltration of F4/80

Indexed as

alkali burncorneafibrosisinflammationneovascularizationocular integrityrapamycin

Identifiers

PMID41007243
PMCPMC12467843

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