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Fibrin Sealant in Corneal Stem Cell Transplantation by Pfister, Roswell R, Sommers, Charnell Inglis

“…PURPOSE:To determine if transplanted corneal epithelial stem cells are safely and efficiently attached to the deficient limbal niche with use of fibrin…”
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Fibrin sealant in corneal stem cell transplantation by Pfister, R.R., Sommers, C.I.

“…The authors conclude that the use of fibrin sealant is as effective in securing limbal stem cell transplants as suture techniques, but the additional…”
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Injection of chemoattractants into normal cornea: a model of inflammation after alkali injury by Pfister, RR, Haddox, JL, Sommers, CI

“…The objective of this study was to establish and characterize the invasion of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) into a normal cornea after intrastromal…”
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Inhibitory Effect of a Complementary Peptide on Ulceration in the Alkali-Injured Rabbit Cornea by Haddox, Jeffrey L, Pfister, Roswell R, Sommers, Charnell I, Blalock, J. Edward, Villain, Matteo

“…Two tripeptide chemoattractants, acetyl-proline-glycine-proline (Ac-PGP) and methyl-proline-glycine-proline (Me-PGP), are the primary triggers for early…”
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Bioactivity of Peptide Analogs of the Neutrophil Chemoattractant, N-Acetyl-Proline-Glycine-Proline by Haddox, Jeffrey L, Pfister, Roswell R, Muccio, Donald D, Villain, Matteo, Sommers, Charnell I, Chaddha, Manjula, Anantharamaiah, G. M, Brouillette, Wayne J, DeLucas, Lawrence J

“…The release of N-acetyl-proline-glycine-proline (PGP), a chemoattractant resulting from direct alkaline hydrolysis of corneal proteins, is believed to be the…”
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Identification and synthesis of chemotactic tripeptides from alkali- degraded whole cornea. A study of N-acetyl-proline-glycine-proline and N-methyl-proline-glycine-proline by Pfister, RR, Haddox, JL, Sommers, CI, Lam, KW

“…To identify and synthesize the polymorphonuclear leukocyte chemoattractant(s) released from alkali-degraded corneas. Corneas were degraded in 1.0 N NaOH,…”
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Effect of synthetic metalloproteinase inhibitor or citrate on neutrophil chemotaxis and the respiratory burst by Pfister, RR, Haddox, JL, Sommers, CI

“…A topical synthetic metalloproteinase inhibitor (SIMP) has been reported to reduce the incidence of corneal ulcerations in the alkali-injured eye by the…”
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NMR conformational analysis of cis and trans proline isomers in the neutrophil chemoattractant, N-acetyl-proline-glycine-proline by Lee, Yi-Chien, Jackson, Patricia L., Jablonsky, Michael J., Muccio, Donald D., Pfister, Roswell R., Haddox, Jeffrey L., Sommers, Charnell I., Anantharamaiah, G. M., Chaddha, Manjula

“…Alkaline hydrolysis of corneal proteins in the alkali‐injured eye releases N‐acetyl–proline–glycine–proline (Ac–Pro–Gly–Pro–OH) among other peptides. It has…”
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Synthetic Complementary Peptides Inhibit a Neutrophil Chemoattractant Found in the Alkali-injured Cornea by Pfister, Roswell R, Haddox, Jeffrey L, Blalock, J Edwin, Sommers, Charnell I, Coplan, Lisa, Villain, Matteo

“…PURPOSE.We have previously presented evidence that the neutrophil chemoattractant, N-acetyl-proline-glycine-proline (N-acetyl-PGP), triggers the initial…”
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Alkali-degraded cornea generates a low molecular weight chemoattractant for polymorphonuclear leukocytes by Pfister, RR, Haddox, JL, Sommers, CI

“…The current study was designed to determine if a polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) chemoattractant is derived from alkali-degraded whole cornea and to…”
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Characterization of chemical gradients in the collagen gel-visual chemotactic assay by Haddox, J L, Knowles, I W, Sommers, C I, Pfister, R R

“…Chemical gradients developing in a collagen gel-visual chemotactic assay (CG-VCA) for PMNs were evaluated by theoretical and experimental methods. First, a…”
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A visual assay for quantitating neutrophil chemotaxis in a collagen gel matrix. A novel chemotactic chamber by Haddox, J L, Pfister, R R, Sommers, C I

“…The chemotactic behavior of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) suspended in a three-dimensional gel of native collagen fibers was analyzed using a new visual…”
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