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Limbal Epithelial Stem Cells in Review: Immune and Lymphangiogenic Privilege and Their Clinical Relevance.

Berbang Meshko, Thomas Volatier, Claus Cursiefen, Maria Notara

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Review in Cells, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Berbang MeshkoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50923 Köln, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-3646-3823
Thomas VolatierDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50923 Köln, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3519-1359
Claus CursiefenDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50923 Köln, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1958-411X
Maria NotaraDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50923 Köln, Germany.

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft EXC 2030 - 390661388Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft FOR2240Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SFB1607EU RestoreVision EU RestoreVisionSTEM-CORE MSCA STEM-CORE MSCA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cornea maintains transparency by preserving immune and (lymph)angiogenic privilege through active suppression of inflammation and vascular invasion, a process centrally regulated by limbal epithelial stem cells (LESCs) located at the corneoscleral junction. Beyond renewing the corneal epithelium, LESCs maintain immune and vascular balance via extracellular matrix interactions and paracrine signalling, exerting predominantly anti-inflammatory and anti-(lymph)angiogenic effects in vivo. Disruption of the limbal niche by trauma, UV exposure, or genetic disorders such as aniridia leads to limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD), chronic inflammation, loss of corneal avascularity, and vision loss. The identification of ABCB5 as a key LESC marker has clarified functional limbal subsets, highlighting ABCB5

Indexed as

Epithelial CellsEpithelium, CornealImmune PrivilegeLimbus CorneaeLymphangiogenesisStem CellsAnimalsHumansLimbal Stem Cell DeficiencyLimbal Stem Cellsangiogenesiscorneaepitheliumstem cells

Identifiers

PMID41511374
PMCPMC12785831

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