The microenvironment of the tear film is just like the macroenvironment of the sea. (IMAGE)
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The microenvironment of the tear film is just like the macroenvironment of the sea. It protects the corneal basal epithelial stem cells from overexposing to environmental ROS. There are many antioxidants present in the tear film, like the diversity of marine creatures. Even a short period of sleep deprivation will disrupt the balance of the redox homeostasis in the tear film, thus affect the behavior of underneath corneal epithelial stem cells.
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Illustration by Yuehang Li
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