The Division for Development and Public Relations     ABRAHAM  SOLOMON,  ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF OPHTHALMOLOGY  Status : ACTIVE Birth place : TEL AVIV Office Phone: Fax: E-Mail: avisol@md.huji.ac.il U.R.L:   Department Faculty   OPHTHALMOLOGY FACULTY OF MEDICINE Dept. Description   Academic Degree   Institution Year M.D. TEL AVIV UNIV. 1986   Academic Position   Year ASSOC. PROFESSOR 2006 SENIOR LECTURER 2001   Research Interests Regulation of inflammatory cytokines and matrix degrading enzymes in the ocular surface. Clinical utilization and basic mechanisms of amniotic membrane transplantation in ocular surface disorders. Cellular interactions and cytokine regulation in allergic inflammation. Diagnosis and management of ocular surface disorders: limbal epithelial stem cell deficiency; dry eye disorders.   Selected Publications Publication Title   Year Conjunctival autografting combined with low-dose mitomycin C for 2006 Increased expression of inflammatory cytokines and matrix 2005 Forty years of changing indications of penetrating keratoplasty 2005 Suppression of inflammatory and fibrotic responses in allergic 2005 Cogan syndrome with disfiguring lipid keratopathy (photo essay). 2004 Surgical management of corneal plaques in vernal 2004 Keratolimbal allograft in corneal reconstruction. 2004 Mitomycin C for pterygium: Long-term evaluation. 2004 Long-term effects of Mitomycin C in pterygium surgery on sceral 2004 Amniotic membrane transplantation for reconstruction of 2003 Amniotic membrane transplantation for bullous keratopathy. 2003 Inadvertent conjunctival trauma related to contact with drug 2003 Overexpression of insulin-like growth factor binding protein 2 2003 Regulated expression of collagenases MMP-1, -8, and -13 and 2003 Amniotic membrane grafts for non-traumatic corneal perforations, 2002 Amniotic membrane transplantation for reconstruction after 2002 Long-term outcome of keratolimbal allografts with or without 2002 Regulation of MMP-9 production by human corneal epithelial 2001 Pro- and anti-inflammatory forms of interleukin-1 in the tear 2001 Treatment of recalcitrant corneal erosions with inhibitors of 2001 Suppression of Interleukin-1a and Interleukin-1b in the human 2001 Amniotic membrane transplantation following an extensive removal 2001 Overexpression of Collagenase (MMP-1) and Stromelysin (MMP-3) by 2001 Interleukin-2 activates human peripheral blood eosinophils. 2001 Mycobacterium interface keratitis after LASIK. 2001 Advances in ocular allergy: Basic mechanisms, clinical patterns 2001 Amniotic membrane transplantation for ocular surface diseases. 2000 Conjunctival fibroblasts enhance the survival and functional 2000 Comparison of topical indomethacin and eye patching for minor 2000 Regulation of collagenase, stromelysin, and urokinase-type 2000 Detection of Sialomucin complex (MUC4) in human ocular surface 2000 Regulators of MMP-9 in human tear fluid and corneal epithelial 2000 Doxycycline inhibition of interleukin-1 in the corneal 2000 The diagnosis and management of dry eye: A 25-year review. 2000 Neurotrophic keratopathy - Basic concepts and therapeutic 2000 Nerve Growth Factor is preformed in and activates human 1998   © All rights reserved to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem