Soemmerring's rings developed around IOLs, in human donor eyes, can present internal transparent areas
Autor/a
D'Antin, Justin Christopher
Tresserra, Francesc
Barraquer, Rafael I.
Michael, Ralph
Data de publicació
2022ISSN
1422-0067
Resum
Soemmerring’s rings consist of a ring of lens epithelial derived cells that grow along the periphery of an aphakic lens capsule, or around an intraocular lens. These rings when visualized frontally, appear opaque, however, in some cases the cells that compose these rings are organized in the same fashion as those in normal transparent adult lenses. Thus, our purpose was to test whether any part of the adult Soemmerring’s ring could be transparent and how this related to morphological factors. To study this, 16 Soemmerring’s rings were extracted from donor eye globes. After imaging, they were thickly sectioned sagittally in order to analyze the degrees of transparency of different areas. All samples were also histologically analyzed using alpha smooth muscle actin, Vimentin, wheat germ agglutinin and DAPI. Our results showed that many samples had some transparent areas, mostly towards the center of their cross-section. Of the factors that we analyzed, only lens fiber organization at the bow region and an increased area of mature lens fiber cells had a significant relation to the degree of transparency at the center. Thus, we can conclude that as Soemmerring’s rings mature, they can develop organized and transparent areas of lens cells.
Tipus de document
Article
Versió del document
Versió publicada
Llengua
English
Matèries (CDU)
616.3 - Patologia de l'aparell digestiu. Odontologia
Paraules clau
Anell de Soemmerring
LIO
Lent
Histologia
Anillo de Soemmerring
LIO
Lente
Histología
Soemmerring’s ring
IOL
Lens
Histology
Pàgines
14
Publicat per
MDPI
Col·lecció
23; 21
Publicat a
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Citació
D'Antin, Justin Christopher; Tresserra, Francesc; Barraquer, Rafael I. [et al.]. Soemmerring's rings developed around IOLs, in human donor eyes, can present internal transparent areas. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, 23(21), 13294. Disponible en: <https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/21/13294>. Fecha de acceso: 5 feb. 2024. DOI: 10.3390/ijms232113294
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