The maturation of all blood cells occurs within the microenvironment of the bone marrow, a soft tissue that fills the cavities of the bones, composed of a network of extracellular matrix components and intercellular fluids generated by pressure gradients from the vascular system that facilitate the process of hematopoiesis.
Bacterial keratitis (BK) is an ocular infection which constitutes the majority of infectious keratitis cases all around the world, and has estimated about 2.5-799 cases per 0.1 million population per year.