The tear film and ocular mucins

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-77

  Davidson, Harriet J ^a   Kuonen, Vanessa J ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mucin; Tear film

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LYSIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTOFERRIN; LIPID; LYSOZYME; MUCIN 1; MUCIN 2; MUCIN 4; MUCIN 5AC; MUCIN 5B; MUCIN 7; PROTEIN; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EYE DROPS; MUCIN;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRY EYE; EYE INFECTION; EYE PROTECTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GLYCOCALYX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; TEAR FILM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEIBOMIA;

ANIMALS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; MUCINS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; TEARS;

EID: 1642485646     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2004.00325.x     Document Type: Review

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