Expression of TNF inhibitor gene in the lacrimal gland promotes recovery of tear production and tear stability and reduced immunopathology in rabbits with induced autoimmune dacryoadenitis

BACKGROUND: The most common cause of ocular morbidity in developed countries is dry eye, many cases of which are due to lacrimal insufficiency. Dry eye affects approximately 10 million in the United States., most of whom are women. In the U.S. alone, an estimated 2 million Sjögren's syndrome pa...

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Autores principales: Trousdale, Melvin D, Zhu, Zenjin, Stevenson, Douglas, Schechter, Joel E, Ritter, Thomas, Mircheff, Austin K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1187915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15985164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1740-2557-2-6

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