作者: Gina L. Griffith , Anne Kasus-Jacobi , H. Anne Pereira
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摘要: Significance: More than 2 million eye injuries and infections occur each year in the United States that leave civilians military members with reduced or complete vision loss due to lack of effective therapeutics. Severe ocular varied settings including home, workplace, battlefields. In this review, we discuss potential developing antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as therapeutics for treatment corneal wounds which current options are inadequate. Recent Advances: Standard-of-care employs use fluorescein dye diagnosis defects is followed by antibiotics and/or steroids treat infection reduce inflammation. advances treating include development amniotic membrane therapies, wound chambers, drug-loaded hydrogels. will an innovative approach using AMPs dual effect promoting healing and...