Conjunctival diseases articles within Nature Communications

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  17 March 2023 | Open Access

  The protective role of conjunctival goblet cell mucin sialylation

  Conjunctival goblet cells secrete mucins that are heavily glycosylated. Here, the authors show that sialylation of mucins is essential for capturing and encapsulates allergen particles and thus reduces the risk for developing allergic conjunctivitis.

  • Moe Matsuzawa
  • , Tomoaki Ando
  •  & Jiro Kitaura

• Article | 12 November 2014

  Unencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae from conjunctivitis encode variant traits and belong to a distinct phylogenetic cluster

  Pneumococci can cause a variety of bacterial infections including conjunctivitis. Here, Valentino et al.show that most conjunctivitis-causing pneumococci belong to a closely related group of strains that possess a unique set of putative virulence factors.

  • Michael D. Valentino
  • , Abigail Manson McGuire
  •  & Michael S. Gilmore