Aqueous Tear Deficiency Increases Conjunctival Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) Expression and Goblet Cell Loss - Pflugfelder, Stephen C.; De Paiva, Cintia S.; Moore, Quianta L.; Volpe, Eugene A.; Li, De-Quan; Gumus, Koray; Zaheer, Mahira L.; Corrales, Rosa M. (Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2015)
Keywords: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cells, Cultured; Conjunctiva - metabolism; Conjunctiva - pathology; Cornea; Dry Eye Syndromes - genetics; Dry Eye Syndromes - metabolism; Dry Eye Syndromes - pathology; Female; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; Gene Expression Regulation; Goblet Cells - metabolism; Goblet Cells - pathology; Humans; Interferon-gamma - biosynthesis; Interferon-gamma - genetics; Male; Middle Aged; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA - genetics; Tears - metabolism; Young Adult