Histatin-5 Improves In Vivo Corneal Wound Healing and Immunohistochemical Neovascular Markers After Acute Alkali Injury
Topical Histatin-5 promotes epithelial regeneration and suppresses inflammation-driven corneal neovascularization following alkali injury, suggesting Hst5 as a novel, biologically-derived treatment to accelerate corneal healing and prevent vision loss after chemical burns.
Authors
- Vinay K. Aakalu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3488-4583)
- Deepak Shukla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3039-6953)
- Dhara Shah
- Christian Reinhardt
- Sang Min Lee
- Manoj Chaudhary
- Kyuyeon Han
- Kyung-No Son
- Joshua Ong
Institutions
- University of Michigan (US)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Translational Vision Science & Technology
- Published
- 2026-02-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1167/tvst.15.2.20
- Primary Topic
- Corneal Surgery and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00