The lid wiper contains goblet cells and goblet cell crypts for ocular surface lubrication during the blink

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 668-679

  Knop, Nadja ^a   Korb, Donald R ^b,c,d   Blackie, Caroline A ^b,c   Knop, Erich ^a,e  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Korb Associates   (United States)

^c TearScience Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

blinking; conjunctiva; eyelid margin; goblet cell crypts; goblet cells; human; lid wiper; lubrication; mucins; mucocutaneous junction; tear film

Indexed keywords

MUCIN; MUCIN 5AC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EYELID; EYELID REFLEX; GOBLET CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LID WIPER; LUBRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAR FILM;

BLINKING; CONJUNCTIVA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EYELIDS; GOBLET CELLS; HUMANS; LUBRICATION; MUCIN 5AC; TEARS;

EID: 84861094089     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31823f8d8c     Document Type: Article

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