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Mucins and Ocular Surface Disease

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Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film, and Dry Eye Syndromes 3

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 506))

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The ocular surface epithelium is covered by the tear film that consists of three layers: the lipid, aqueous, and mucus layers. The mucus layer is composed primarily of mucin proteins secreted by goblet cells. In addition to goblet cells of the ocular surface epithelium, the corneal and conjunctival epithelia also produces mucin.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

    Sawako H. Hibino & Hitoshi Watanabe

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  1. Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    David A. Sullivan , Darlene A. Dartt  & Rose M. Sullivan ,  & 

  2. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    David A. Sullivan  & Darlene A. Dartt  & 

  3. Allergan, Inc., Irvine, California, USA

    Michael E. Stern

  4. Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan

    Kazuo Tsubota

  5. Ichikawa General Hospital, Chiba, Japan

    Kazuo Tsubota

  6. University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    B. Britt Bromberg

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Hibino, S.H., Watanabe, H. (2002). Mucins and Ocular Surface Disease. In: Sullivan, D.A., Stern, M.E., Tsubota, K., Dartt, D.A., Sullivan, R.M., Bromberg, B.B. (eds) Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film, and Dry Eye Syndromes 3. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 506. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0717-8_38

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