Ethnic and sex differences in corneal nerves and corneal epithelial cells in healthy population
Our study identifies significant ethnic and sex disparities in corneal nerves and epithelium. These should be considered when evaluating corneal metrics in Chinese and Indian populations.
Authors
- Isabelle Xin Yu Lee
- Jodhbir S. Mehta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6362-4898)
- Hassan Mansoor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7198-0582)
- Chang Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4641-5108)
- Wajid Ali Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4623-8738)
- Mingyi Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1486-259X)
- Fengyi Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0597-5498)
- Yu‐Chi Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5408-0382)
- Ching‐Yu Cheng
Institutions
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Singapore National Eye Center (SG)
- Singapore Eye Research Institute (SG)
- Duke-NUS Medical School (SG)
- National Taiwan University Hospital (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1626501
- Primary Topic
- Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Medical Research Council
- National Medical Research Council