Apoptosis in the Rabbit Cornea After Photorefractive Keratectomy

Jianping Gao, Tammy A. Gelber-Schwalb, John V. Addeo, Michael E. Stern

Cornea · 1997 · 54 citations · 0 references

Abstract

These findings suggest that apoptosis plays an important role in the corneal wound-healing process, which appears to be mediated in part by bcl-2. Bcl-2 induction may protect corneal epithelial cells from apoptosis after trauma such as PRK.