Microbiome and the Eye

What's the Connection?
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-0-323-98338-9
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 235 mm x 191 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Microbiome and the Eye: What's the connection? highlights how alterations in the gut and eye microbiomes can lead to systemic immune alterations with subsequent effects on the eye. The book is divided into two sections, one highlighting how alterations in the gut microbiome impact various components of health outside the gut, with a focus on the immune system and inflammatory mediators, and the second focusing on studies on a variety of ocular diseases, including ocular surface diseases/dry eye, keratitis, uveitis, glaucoma, and retinopathy to gut dysbiosis. With its translational approach, the book is suitable for both researchers and clinicians.

The book will help readers understand the mechanisms in which gut and eye microbiome composition may influence health in multiple compartments, with a focus on eye diseases.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Galor, Anat

Sun, Jun

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: How does the microbiome influence human health 1.The "normal� gut microbiome and human health 2. The "normal� oral microbiome and human health 3. The "normal� eye microbiome and human health 4. What is microbial dysbiosis and how does it impact human health 5. Immune responses to microbial dysbiosis 6. Microbiome and wound healing

Part 2: Microbiome alterations and eye disease 7. Microbiome alterations and ocular surface diseases (dry eye and allergy) 8. Microbiome alterations and keratitis 9. Microbiome abnormalities and uveitis 10. Microbiome abnormalities and glaucoma 11. Microbiome abnormalities and retinal disease 12. Microbiome manipulation as a target for eye diseases: Lessons from animal models 13. Microbiome manipulation as a target for eye diseases: Lessons from humans

Über Autor(innen)

Galor, Anat
Anat Galor is a staff physician at the Miami VAMC and a Professor of Ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami. Dr. Galor received an undergraduate degree from Carnegie Mellon University in 1997 and a medical doctorate degree at Washington University School of Medicine in 2002. She pursued residency training in ophthalmology at the Cleveland Cole Eye Institute (2006) followed by fellowship training in uveitis at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University (2007) and fellowship training in cornea, external disease, and refractive surgery at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (2008).

Dr. Galor is the author of numerous publications that focus on dry eye, ocular surface tumors, and cornea. Dr. Galor's research has focused on understanding mechanisms of pain in dry eye, with an emphasis on studying new diagnostic and treatment modalities.