Surface pressure measurements of human tears and individual tear film components indicate that proteins are major contributors to the surface pressure

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-200

  Tragoulias, Sophia T ^a   Anderton, Philip J ^a   Dennis, Gary R ^b   Miano, Fausto ^c   Millar, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SIFI SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Langmuir; Lipocalin; Lysozyme; Meibomian lipids; Mucin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BETA LACTOGLOBULIN; BUFFER; LACTOFERRIN; LIPID; LIPOCALIN; LYSOZYME; MUCIN; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TEAR PROTEIN;

AIR; ARTICLE; HYSTERESIS; LACRIMAL FLUID; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILM; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEAR FILM; TEMPERATURE;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; LACTOFERRIN; LACTOGLOBULINS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MUCINS; MURAMIDASE; RABBITS; SURFACE TENSION; TEARS;

EID: 14144256753     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000138837.52694.37     Document Type: Article

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