Corneal Fibrosis: Mechanistic Networks, Stage-Dependent Therapeutic Windows, and Regenerative Strategies.
Corneal fibrosis is a dysregulated wound-healing response in which epithelial and basement membrane failure, limbal dysfunction, unresolved inflammation, persistent myofibroblasts, vascular amplification, and extracellular matrix disorganisation impair corneal transparency and vision. Although transforming growth facto...