Production and Activity of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 on the Ocular Surface Increase in Dysfunctional Tear Syndrome - Chotikavanich, Suksri; de Paiva, Cintia S; Li, De Quan; Chen, Joseph J; Bian, Fang; Farley, William J; Pflugfelder, Stephen C (Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2009)
Keywords: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Conjunctiva - enzymology; Conjunctiva - pathology; Corneal Topography; Dry Eye Syndromes - diagnosis; Dry Eye Syndromes - enzymology; Epithelial Cells - enzymology; Epithelial Cells - pathology; Epithelium, Corneal - enzymology; Epithelium, Corneal - pathology; Eye and associated structures. Visual pathways and centers. Vision; Female; Fluorophotometry; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic - physiology; Humans; Interleukin-1beta - genetics; Interleukin-6 - genetics; Male; Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 - genetics; Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 - metabolism; Medical sciences; Microscopy, Confocal; Ophthalmology; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Messenger - metabolism; Tears - chemistry; Tears - enzymology; Transforming Growth Factor beta1 - genetics; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - genetics; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Visual Acuity - physiology; Ocular; Enzyme; Tear; Metalloendopeptidases; Activity; Increase; Gelatinase B; Surface; Eye; Peptidases; Production; Hydrolases; Ophthalmology