Advancements in Cellular Therapeutics in Corneal Diseases
Woo E., Henick D., Tahvildari M.
Narrative Review, published in Cells (2025) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.
Evidence from laboratory and animal studies provides groundwork for understanding mechanisms and potential before human studies continue.
- Level A · Stronger Clinical Evidence
- Level B · Emerging clinical evidence with positive signals
- Level C · Early human research exploring benefits
- Level D · Scientific groundwork from lab and animal studies
- Emerging · Emerging topic under active research
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- Study type
- Narrative Review
- Journal
- Cells (2025)
- Reported sample size
- —
- Source database
- Europe PMC
- PMID
- 41369327
- PMCID
- PMC12691177
- DOI
- 10.3390/cells14231838
Abstract (original English)
Disorders of the cornea are responsible for a significant portion of preventable blindness worldwide. Various types of corneal transplantation procedures have successfully restored vision in many individuals; however, they carry the risk of graft failure due to immune rejection, endothelial cell dysfunction, infections and limbal stem cell deficiency. Thus, regenerative therapies of the cornea serve as promising alternatives or adjunct therapies. With improved understanding of limbal stem cell function and advancement in limbal stem cell culture technologies, major progress has been made in the in vivo and ex vivo cell-based therapies for treatment of corneal diseases. In this review, we summarize the recent developments achieved in cell-based therapeutics to target corneal epithelial, stromal, and endothelial cell disorders.
What this study does not prove
- • This study does not prove SVF is an approved treatment or a replacement for standard care.
- • This is a narrative review: it collects no new patient data and does not systematically appraise evidence quality.
Evidence level
Evidence from laboratory and animal studies provides groundwork for understanding mechanisms and potential before human studies continue.
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