Claus Cursiefen

Research interests

Publications

• Immune reactions after modern lamellar (DALK, DSAEK, DMEK) versus conventional penetrating corneal transplantation

  Progress in Retinal and Eye Research · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.preteyeres.2019.07.001

• Trends in Corneal Transplantation from 2001 to 2016 in Germany: A Report of the DOG–Section Cornea and its Keratoplasty Registry

  American Journal of Ophthalmology · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2018.01.018

• Novel anti(lymph)angiogenic treatment strategies for corneal and ocular surface diseases

  Progress in Retinal and Eye Research · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.preteyeres.2013.01.001

• Optimizing Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty Using Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography

  JAMA Ophthalmology · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.4672

• Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty Versus Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty

  American Journal of Ophthalmology · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2011.12.012

• A Stepwise Approach to Donor Preparation and Insertion Increases Safety and Outcome of Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty

  Cornea · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1097/ico.0b013e3182000e2e

• Corneal Higher-Order Aberrations after Descemet's Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty

  Ophthalmology · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.08.034

• Corneal Neovascularization as a Risk Factor for Graft Failure and Rejection after Keratoplasty

  Ophthalmology · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.01.039

• Cutting Edge: Lymphatic Vessels, Not Blood Vessels, Primarily Mediate Immune Rejections After Transplantation

  The Journal of Immunology · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.0903180

• Immune Privilege and Angiogenic Privilege of the Cornea

  Journal · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1159/000099253

• Bevacizumab as a Potent Inhibitor of Inflammatory Corneal Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis

  Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.06-0570

• Nonvascular VEGF receptor 3 expression by corneal epithelium maintains avascularity and vision

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0506112103

• Inflammation-induced lymphangiogenesis in the cornea arises from CD11b-positive macrophages

  Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1172/jci23874

• Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-3 mediates induction of corneal alloimmunity

  Nature Medicine · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1078

• VEGF-A stimulates lymphangiogenesis and hemangiogenesis in inflammatory neovascularization via macrophage recruitment

  Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1172/jci20465

• Inhibition of Hemangiogenesis and LymphangiogenesisafterNormal-Risk Corneal Transplantation by Neutralizing VEGF Promotes Graft Survival

  Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.03-1380

• Influence of Photodynamic Therapy on Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), VEGF Receptor 3, and Pigment Epithelium–Derived Factor

  Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.02-1115

• Corneal Lymphangiogenesis

  Cornea · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1097/00003226-200304000-00021

• Lymphatic vessels in vascularized human corneas: immunohistochemical investigation using LYVE-1 and podoplanin.

  PubMed · 2002

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