Analysis of Tear Protein Patterns for the Diagnosis of "Dry Eye"

Effect of smoking on tear proteins

“…In previous studies, changes were found in tear protein patterns of diabetic patients and patients suffering from dry-eye disease [11,8,12]. Dry-eye syndrome has a very high frequency of occurrence in the industrial word.…”

“…In previous studies, we used an electrophoretic technique, and subsequent digital image analysis and multivariate statistics to quantitatively detect changes in the tear protein profile of patients [8,12]. Using these procedures, the aim of our study was to analyze changes in tear protein profiles of smokers.…”