Palate lung nasal clone (PLUNC), a novel protein of the tear film: Three-dimensional structure, immune activation, and Involvement in dry eye disease (DED)

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 7312-7323

  Schicht, Martin ^a   Rausch, Felix ^a   Beron, Martin ^a   Jacobi, Christina ^a   Garreis, Fabian ^a   Hartjen, Nadine ^a   Beileke, Stephanie ^a   Kruse, Friedrich ^a   Bräuer, Lars ^a   Paulsen, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BPIFA1; Dry eye disease (DED); LUNX; NASG; Ocular surface; PLUNC1; SPURT; Surfactant protein; Tear film

Indexed keywords

PALATE LUNG NASAL CLONE; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BPIFA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BIOINFORMATICS; CADAVER; CELL CULTURE; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; DRY EYE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEAR FILM; TEAR OSMOLARITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ADULT; AGED; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLARITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TEARS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84946935266     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.15-17560     Document Type: Article

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