Lacrimal gland, tear film, and dry eye syndromes 3
Subtitle: basic science and clinical relevance
By: edited by David A. Sullivan ... [et al.].
Contributors: Sullivan, David A.
Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology -- v. 506.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Pub.; Springer
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1385
Subjects: Dry eye syndromes -- Congresses; Lacrimal apparatus -- Congresses; Tears -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "This conference, which was sponsored by the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society, was designed to assess the current knowledge and 'state of the art' research on the structure and function of tear film-producing tissues, tears and the ocular surface in both health and disease. The goal of this conference was to promote an international exchange of information that would be of value to basic scientistsinvolved in eye research, to clinicians in the treatment of lacrimal gland, tear film or ocular surface disorders."--Xi.
Notes: "Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film, and Dry Eye Syndromes: Basic Science and Clinical Relevance, November 15-18, 2000, Maui, Hawaii"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part A Claes H. Dohlman conference address; title: Lacrimal gland : cellular and molecular biology; title: Lacrimal gland and ocular surface : signal transduction, membrane traffic and fluid and protein secretion; title: Mucins : origin, properties, regulation and function; title: Meibomian gland and tear film lipids : structure, function and control; title: Ocular surface homeostasis I : tear film proteins and stability; title: Ocular surface homeostasis II : tear film, cornea and conjunctiva interactions; title: Part B Immunity and inflammation I : influence of cytokines, chemokines, adhesion molecules and other immunoactive agents; title: Immunity and inflammation II : role of apoptosis, antibodies and mucosal associated lymphoid tissue; title: Contact lenses : impact on the tear film and ocular surface; title: Epidemiology and pathogenesis of Dry Eye Syndromes (e.g. Sjögren's Syndrome); title: Dry eye syndromes : diagnosis, clinical trials and pharmaceutical treatment; title: Gene, stem cell and surgical therapy of the ocular surface; title: Closing address : the academic perspective; title: Industry perspective.