The pathology of dry eye: The interaction between the ocular surface and lacrimal glands

Cornea

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 584-589

  Stern, Michael E ^a   Beuerman, Roger W ^b   Fox, Robert I ^c   Gao, Jianping ^a   Mircheff, Austin K ^d   Pflugfelder, Stephen C ^e  

^a ALLERGAN INC   (United States)

^b LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Animal model; Apoptosis; Autoimmunity; Cyclosporine; Cytokine; Dry eye; Inflammation; Keratoconjunctivitis sicca; Lacrimal gland; Lymphocytic infiltration; Neural peptide; Neural traffic; Neural transmitter; Ocular surface; Sjogren's syndrome; Tear film

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; AUTOIMMUNITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRY EYE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INCIDENCE; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUTOIMMUNITY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; DOGS; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED MRL LPR; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031729782     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199811000-00002     Document Type: Review

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