Cytokine and chemokine levels in tears from healthy subjects

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Carreño, Ester ^a,b   Enríquez De Salamanca, Amalia ^a,c   Tesón, Marisa ^a   García Vázquez, Carmen ^a   Stern, Michael E ^d   Whitcup, Scott M ^d   Calonge, Margarita ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^d ALLERGAN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

chemokines; cytokines; ocular surface; tears

Indexed keywords

EOTAXIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FRACTALKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR A; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; LACRIMAL FLUID LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIRMER TEST; VITAL STAIN;

ADULT; CHEMOKINES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; REFERENCE VALUES; STAINING AND LABELING; TEARS;

EID: 78349259337     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.01978.x     Document Type: Article

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