New Funding from NEI

The Anterior Segment Initiative under National Eye Institute has funded eight research projects to explore the innervation of the eye’s surface. It is exciting to announce that our lab is involved in one of the projects “Effects of cornea epithelial barrier disruption on the cornea trigeminal neural circuit”.

Corneal nerve ends closely integrate with the corneal epithelial layers. Our lab will collaborate to investigate how disruptions to the corneal epithelial barrier influence corneal nerve health. In a rodent model of dry eye disease, the team will test whether preserving the corneal epithelial barrier prevents corneal signaling cascades that cause nerve damage.

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