The cellular response of lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation in keratoconus human corneal fibroblasts to RB-PDT: Insights into cytokines, chemokines and related signaling pathways

• Ning Chai ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ning.chai@uks.eu

  Affiliations Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Center for Limbal Stem Cell and Aniridia Research, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany, Department of Plastic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9689-8887

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• Tanja Stachon,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Center for Limbal Stem Cell and Aniridia Research, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany

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• Sabrina Häcker,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Center for Limbal Stem Cell and Aniridia Research, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany

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• Tim Berger,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany

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• Zhen Li,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Center for Limbal Stem Cell and Aniridia Research, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany

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• Maryam Amini,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Center for Limbal Stem Cell and Aniridia Research, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany

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• Shweta Suiwal,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Center for Limbal Stem Cell and Aniridia Research, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany

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• Berthold Seitz,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9701-8204

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• Achim Langenbucher,

  Roles Resources, Software

  Affiliation Experimental Ophthalmology, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany

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• Nóra Szentmáry

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Center for Limbal Stem Cell and Aniridia Research, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany, Department of Ophthalmology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

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