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what is 'tear lysozyme'?
Definition for Tear lysozyme
Tear lysozyme is a medical procedure used for such diagnoses as: dry eye syndrome, uveitis.
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dry eye syndrome
dry eyes
Tear lysozyme and dry eye syndrome
uveitis
inflammation of the middle layer of the eyeball
Tear lysozyme and uveitis
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Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)
Tear lysozyme and Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)
Antinuclear Antibody (ANA)
Antinuclear antibody blood test used to screen for autoimmune disorders
Tear lysozyme and Antinuclear Antibody (ANA)
Conjunctival biopsy
Tear lysozyme and Conjunctival biopsy
Rheumatoid Factor (RF)
Tear lysozyme and Rheumatoid Factor (RF)
Tear Lactoferrin analysis
Tear lysozyme and Tear Lactoferrin analysis
Anti La (SSB) antibody
Tear lysozyme and Anti La (SSB) antibody
Anti-Ro (SS-A) antibodies
antibodies against certain collagen vascular diseases
Tear lysozyme and Anti-Ro (SS-A) antibodies
Artificial Tears
Tear lysozyme and Artificial Tears
Autologous serum eye drops
Tear lysozyme and Autologous serum eye drops
Fluorescent staining
Tear lysozyme and Fluorescent staining
Heat application
Tear lysozyme and Heat application
Insertion of Punctal Plug
Tear lysozyme and Insertion of Punctal Plug
Lacrimal gland biopsy
Tear lysozyme and Lacrimal gland biopsy
Lateral tarsorrhaphy
Tear lysozyme and Lateral tarsorrhaphy
Lubricant to Eye
Tear lysozyme and Lubricant to Eye
Punctal occlusions
Tear lysozyme and Punctal occlusions
Rose bengal staining
Tear lysozyme and Rose bengal staining
Schirmer test
Tear lysozyme and Schirmer test
Slit lamp tear film
Tear lysozyme and Slit lamp tear film
Tear break-up time test (TBUT)
Tear lysozyme and Tear break-up time test (TBUT)
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10-20% acetylcysteine drops
Tear lysozyme and 10-20% acetylcysteine drops
acetylcysteine(acetadote , acys-5)
Tear lysozyme and acetylcysteine(acetadote , acys-5)
artificial tears
Tear lysozyme and artificial tears
cevimeline
Tear lysozyme and cevimeline
cyclosporine (0.05%)
Tear lysozyme and cyclosporine (0.05%)
cyclosporine ophthalmic(restasis )
Tear lysozyme and cyclosporine ophthalmic(restasis )
cyclosporine(neoral)
Tear lysozyme and cyclosporine(neoral)
diquafosol
Tear lysozyme and diquafosol
doxycycline
Tear lysozyme and doxycycline
fluorometholone ophthalmic(flarex)
Tear lysozyme and fluorometholone ophthalmic(flarex)
hydroxypropyl cellulose
Tear lysozyme and hydroxypropyl cellulose
loteprednol ophthalmic(lotemax , alrex)
Tear lysozyme and loteprednol ophthalmic(lotemax , alrex)
ocular lubricant(lacrisert , freshkote)
Tear lysozyme and ocular lubricant(lacrisert , freshkote)
omega-3 fatty acids(omacor)
Tear lysozyme and omega-3 fatty acids(omacor)
pilocarpine
Tear lysozyme and pilocarpine
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Tear lysozyme and lactoferrin levels in giant papillary conjunctivitis ...
We measured tear lysozyme by a radial immunodiffusion assay in patients with ... patients had normal levels of tear lysozyme when compared to control individuals ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3147820?ordinalpos=2&itoo...
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Immunoassay of tear lysozyme in acute adenovirus conjunctivitis.
The tear lysozyme levels were measured by immunoassay in 92 healthy subjects and ... of the accuracy of tear lysozyme determination by the Quantiplate method. ...
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Quantitative tear lysozyme assay: a new technique for transporting ...
Quantitative tear lysozyme assay in units of activity per ... Horwitz BL, Christensen GR, Ritzmann SR. Diurnal profiles of tear lysozyme and gamma A globulin. ...
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Detection of lysozyme in llama, sheep, and cattle tears.
... of lysozyme, whereas concentrations in sheep and cattle tears were lower. ... AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Lysozyme concentrations in tears may vary among species ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11039564
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Quantitative tear lysozyme assay in units of activity per microlitre.
... determination of the precise concentration of lysozyme in the tear fluid. ... Human tear lysozyme. II. Quantitative determination with standard Schirmer strips. ...
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Interaction of tear lipocalin with lysozyme and lactoferrin.
... interaction of human tear lipocalin with lysozyme and lactoferrin was studied ... indicate that tear lipocalin interacts with both lysozyme and lactoferrin and ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10558865
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Lysozyme in the tears of newborn babies.
Tear lysozyme concentration was measured in term, preterm, and small-for-dates ... between the lysozyme concentration and the rate of tear production. ...
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Lysozyme - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is abundant in a number of secretions, such as tears, saliva, and mucus. ... Large amounts of lysozyme can be found in egg whites. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysozyme
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Tears - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tear fluid contains water, mucin, lipids, lysozyme, lactoferrin, lipocalin, ... Lysozyme does this by dissolving the outer coating of certain bacteria. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tears
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Keratoconjunctivitis sicca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abnormalities of the lipid tear layer caused by blepharitis and rosacea, and ... A tear protein analysis test measures the lysozyme contained within tears.[1] In ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratoconjunctivitis_sicca
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Diseases - Understanding Infectious Diseases, page 2
... protected by tears, saliva, or nasal secretions that contain lysozyme, an enzyme ... In addition to lysozyme, the blood has many elements that defend the ...
http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih1/diseases/g...
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Efficacy of topical cyclosporine 0.05% in the treatment of dry eye ...
... noninvasive fluorescein breakup time, and tear lysozyme were also performed. ... 003), tear breakup time (P = 0.002), and tear lysozyme levels (P = 0.033) after ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17077659
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Fluid uptake in Schirmer papers and its relevance to their employment ...
Quantitative tear lysozyme assay in units of activity per microlitre. Br J Ophthalmol. ... Human tear lysozyme. II. Quantitative determination with standard ...
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A proposal of new ocular items in Sjögren's syndrome classification ...
... impression conjunctival cytology, concentration of tear lysozyme and lactoferrin. ... Tear lactoferrin (LR+ 4.52), Jones test (LR+ 6.24), tear lysozyme (LR+ 8.0) ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17181927
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Tear analysis in contact lens wearers.
Grabner G, Formanek I, Dorda W, Luger T. Human tear lysozyme. ... Tear fluid lysozyme concentration: guide to practolol toxicity. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1298711
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Alexander Fleming Discovers Penicillin
In 1922, Fleming made an important discovery, lysozyme. ... discovered a natural substance found in tears and nasal mucus that helps the body fight germs. ...
http://history1900s.about.com/od/medicaladvancesissues/a/penicillin.htm
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The Francis Crick Papers: Defining the Genetic Coding Problem, 1954-1957
... working with lysozyme, an enzyme found in egg white but also in human tears. ... not find a mutant of the lysozyme in either the tears or the egg whites he used, ...
http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/SC/Views/Exhibit/narrative/defining.html
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David Chilton Phillips - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lysozyme, which was discovered in 1922 by Alexander Fleming, is found in tear ... Lysozyme exhibits some antibacterial activity so that the discovery of its ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Chilton_Phillips
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Normal tear protein profiles and age-related changes.
... independently of tear volume, and that lysozyme and lactoferrin are ... Human tear lysozyme. II. Quantitative determination with standard Schirmer strips. ...
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Towards a closed eye model of the pre-ocular tear layer.
Although the tear film has been extensively studied as it exists in the open eye ... lysozyme, lactoferrin and tear specific lipocalin, to a much slower, ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11029550
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LCN1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
a b "Entrez Gene: LCN1 lipocalin 1 (tear prealbumin) ... Interaction of tear lipocalin with lysozyme and lactoferrin.". Biochem. Biophys. Res. ...
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Microbial and immunological investigations of chronic non-ulcerative ...
Concentrations of tear lysozyme, lactoferrin, ceruloplasmin, IgG, and IgA have ... Coakes RL, Farooqi B. Quantitative tear lysozyme assay: a new technique for ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1040688
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A double-blind, cross-over, study of oral N-acetylcysteine in Sjögren's ...
... and significantly decreased levels of tear lysozyme when compared to 24 controls ... agent improved the Schirmer test, the tear break up time or any of the ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3296153
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Lysozyme Deficiency-An Inherited Disorder of Rabbits
Human tear lysozyme. II. Quantitative determination with standard Schirmer strips. ... Lysozyme: its absence in tears and leukocytes of cattle. Aust J Exp Biol ...
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Radiochemical studies on contact lens soilation. I. Lens uptake of 14C ...
I. Lens uptake of 14C-lysozyme from simple and complex artificial tear solutions. ... lysozyme was assessed using simple to complex artificial tear solutions. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9212396?dopt=abstract
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LYSOZYME IN EPIPHYSEAL CARTILAGE
The influence of lysozyme on the appearance of epiphyseal ... Human tear lysozyme. I. Purification, physicochemical, and immunochemical characterization. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2108335
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Mass spectrometry-based proteomic analyses of contact lens deposition
I. Lens uptake of 14C-lysozyme from simple and complex artificial tear solutions. ... McKee M. Dimerization of tear lysozyme on hydrophilic contact lens ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2254969
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Effects of amines and polyamines on turbidimetric and lysoplate assays ...
When the same purified lysozyme standard is used in both ... Immunochemical determination of human tear lysozyme (muramidase) in keratoconjunctivitis sicca. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=266175
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Collagen type IX and HNK-1 epitope in tears of patients with ...
Tears of PEX patients and healthy individuals were subjected to western blotting ... surprisingly high as compared with total protein or lysozyme activity in tears, ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16257185
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Schirmer's test - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... of the anesthetic ensures that only basal tear secretion is being measured. ... The tears may also be examined for their content of lysozyme, an enzyme normally ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schirmer's_test
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CDC - Biofilms: Microbial Life on Surfaces
Pellicle comprises albumin, lysozyme, glycoproteins, phosphoproteins, lipids, ... a number of host-produced conditioning films such as blood, tears, urine, saliva, ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol8no9/02-0063.htm
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Pathophysiology of rhinitis. Lactoferrin and lysozyme in nasal secretions.
... improved method for measuring human tear lysozyme concentration. ... Basal and reflex human tear analysis. II. Chemical analysis: lactoferrin and lysozyme. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=304018
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Alpha 1-antitrypsin and serum albumin in tear fluids in acute ...
... PA, D'Souza P. Immunoassay of tear lysozyme in acute adenovirus conjunctivitis. ... GS, Mani K, Saha K. Immunoglobulins in tears of normal Indian people. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1041461
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Comparative analysis of the tear protein expression in blepharitis ...
The changes in tear proteins are also associated with various pathological ... precursor, lysozyme, Ig-kappa chain VIII, prolactin inducible protein (PIP/GCDFP ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15952718
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Modification of the tear function index and its use in the diagnosis of ...
Tear volume in normal eyes and keratoconjunctivitis sicca. ... Human tear lysozyme. II. Quantitative determination with standard Schirmer strips. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1723834
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Atopy, symptoms and indoor environmental perceptions, tear film ...
Higher lysozyme level was associated with less nasal patency and greater nasal decongestion. ... CONCLUSIONS: BUT and NAL-lysozyme was associated with ocular, ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18066577?ordinalpos=2&ito...
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Identification of 491 proteins in the tear fluid proteome reveals a ...
The tear film is an aqueous layer containing proteins and electrolytes secreted ... Major tear proteins include lysozyme, lactoferrin, secretory immunoglobin A, ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1779605
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Host Defense Mechanisms: Biology of Infectious Disease: Merck Manual ...
Introduction· Abscesses· Bacteremia· Biological Warfare and Terrorism· Factors ... tears containing lysozyme, which splits the muramic acid linkage in bacterial ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec14/ch167/ch167b.html
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Coadsorption of Human Milk Lactoferrin into the ...
Lysozyme, lactoferrin, secretory IgA, and tear lipocalin are involved in corneal ... (26), whereas other tear proteins like lysozyme retain their conformations (27) ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1783875
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Human Tear Lipocalin Exhibits Antimicrobial Activity by Scavenging ...
Human tear lipocalin (TL; also known as Lcn1) is a secretory protein present in ... Human tear lysozyme hydrolyzes the glycosidic linkages in the polysaccharide ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=514737
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Lactoferrin increases the susceptibility of S. epidermidis biofilms to ...
... the susceptibility of S. epidermidis biofilms to lysozyme and vancomycin. ... PURPOSE: The tear cationic protein lactoferrin increases the activity of various ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10415452?ordinalpos=2&ito...
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Surfactant Protein D Is Present in Human Tear Fluid and the Cornea and ...
We sought to identify the responsible tear component(s) ... free secretory component tear-specific lipochalin, and lysozyme, much of which ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1087391
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Role of lactoferrin in the tear film.
... soluble plasma factors and other proteins such as lysozyme, Lf produced ... Lf in tears provides antimicrobial efficacy by binding free iron thus reducing ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18718499?ordinalpos=2&ito...
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Beta-glucosidase - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lysozyme, an enzyme secreted in tears to prevent bacterial infection of the eye, ... Amylase (Alpha-Amylase) - Chitinase - Lysozyme - Neuraminidase (NEU1, NEU2, NEU3, ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta-glucosidase
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Epithelia: Not just physical barriers
... since Alexander Fleming's (2) pioneering studies of lysozyme in tears, ... In some cases (e.g., lysozyme and lactoferrin), the same genes are highly ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=122525
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Lysozyme in human body fluids.
1: Clin Chim Acta. 1974 Dec 17;57(3):205-9. Lysozyme in human body fluids. ... Tears/enzymology. Umbilical Cord/analysis. Substances: Polysaccharides. Muramidase ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4434640
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Investigation of the human tear film proteome using multiple proteomic ...
... lysozyme, lactoferrin, von Ebner's gland protein (e.g., lipocalin and tear ... well known that lysozyme is a highly abundant protein in the tear, it appears to ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2268847
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Comparative analysis of the tear protein profile in mycotic keratitis ...
Tear samples were collected from culture positive fungal keratitis patients. ... IgA, four proteins (lysozyme, lactoferrin, cystatin, and tear lipocalin) make up ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2268856
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Defenses Against Infection: Biology of Infectious Disease: Merck Manual ...
... include the skin, mucous membranes, tears, earwax, mucus, and stomach acid. ... bathed in tears, which contain an enzyme called lysozyme that attacks bacteria ...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch188/ch188d.html
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Quantification of lacrimal function after D-shaped field irradiation ...
... patients and tear function tests (Schirmer-lactoferrin and lysozyme tests) on 45 ... Standardization of the lysozyme test for a commercially available medium. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=504580
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