Is expression of cytokines , chemokines , and chemokine receptors in oral ulcers of patients with Behcet 's disease ( BD ) and recurrent aphthous stomatitis Th1-associated , although Th2-association is also observed in patients with BD?
This is the first study that shows the presence of pro-inflammatory cytokines, as well as Th1-associated chemokine receptors, in the oral ulcers of BD patients, as well as RAS patients, at a protein level. However, the expression of the Th2 cytokine IL-4 within the oral lesions of only BD patients is suggestive of a more complex antigenic stimuli in BD patients compared with RAS patients.
iOCT seems to be a helpful intraoperative imaging tool during canaloplasty. iOCT allows for noncontact online evaluation of Schlemm canal localization and noncontact evaluation of suture tension. Shadowing of scleral tissue can be avoided by imaging through the routinely prepared Descemet window to visualize chamber angle structures including the implanted suture.