Effect of Acupuncture on Tear Proteomics in Patients with Video Display Terminal-Related Dry Eye
Na Tang,
Lewei Tang,
Jiacheng Lyu
et al.
Abstract:Acupuncture is widely used to treat dry eye disease (DED),
but
its effect has not been reported in treating video display terminal
(VDT)-related dry eye, and the mechanism of acupuncture on VDT-related
dry eye is also unknown. In our study, the tear proteome was compared
with identifying possible mechanisms and biomarkers for predicting
acupuncture effectiveness in VDT-related dry eye. The results showed
that the ocular surface disease index scores were significantly different
between the acupuncture group (AC… Show more
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