Comparative Analysis of Tear Film Levels of Inflammatory Mediators in Contact Lens Users.
Current eye research, vol.41, no.4, pp.441-7, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 41 Issue: 4
- Publication Date: 2016
- Doi Number: 10.3109/02713683.2015.1037001
- Journal Name: Current eye research
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.441-7
- Keywords: Chronic inflammatory process, contact lens use, rigid gas permeable contact lenses, silicone hydrogel contact lenses, tear film inflammatory mediators, KERATINOCYTE GROWTH-FACTOR, CORNEAL EPITHELIAL-CELLS, ARACHIDONIC-ACID, GENE-EXPRESSION, PROINFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES, DIFFERENTIAL REGULATION, MICROBIAL KERATITIS, INTERLEUKIN-6, APOPTOSIS, WEAR
- Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Affiliated: No
Abstract
Purpose: To compare tear films levels of various inflammatory cytokines in asymptomatic contact lens (CL) users. CL users of rigid gas-permeable CLs (RGPCL) (group 1) or silicone hydrogel CLs (SiHCL) (group 2) were compared with non-CL-using healthy subjects (group 3).