Research Article: Suppression of NLRP/Caspase-/GSDMD Mediated Corneal Epithelium Pyroptosis Using Melatonin-Loaded Liposomes to Inhibit Benzalkonium Chloride-Induced Dry Eye Disease
Introduction:
Benzalkonium chloride (BAC) is widely employed as a preservative in eye drops. Increasing pieces of evidence have proved that consistent exposure to BAC causes dry eye disease (DED)-like changes in ocular surface tissues (eg, corneal epithelium defect, conjunctival goblet cell loss, tear film instability, and persistence ocular surface inflammation), – nevertheless the mechanism underly is still largely unclear. DED is the leading ocular surface disease in morbidity in ophthalmic clinics, which affects up to % of…
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