Proteases, proteolysis and inflammatory molecules in the tears of people with keratoconus

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Balasubramanian, Sivaraman Arumugam ^a,b   Mohan, Sujatha ^c   Pye, David Cecil ^b   Willcox, Mark Duncan Perry ^a,b  

^a BRIEN HOLDEN VISION INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Raj an Eye Care Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

cytokines; keratoconus; proteases; tears

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASE 3; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; LYMPHOTOXIN; MATRILYSIN; PROTEINASE; STROMELYSIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; LACRIMAL FLUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TEAR LEVEL; TEAR FILM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASES; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CYTOKINES; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GELATINASES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROTEOLYSIS; RIBOFLAVIN; TEARS;

EID: 84861581215     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02369.x     Document Type: Article

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