Is Evaporation Fast Enough to Explain Tear Film Breakup?
Classical models of tear film breakup were based on the assumption that evaporation is too slow to explain breakup time, but the authors argue that evaporation in natural conditions is often much faster than measured values and can cause extended areas of breakup.Mucins May be an Important Key in Dry Eye and Contact Lens Wear In this review our authors suggest that ocular mucins hold promise in understanding tear film stability in dry eye and contact lens wear They believe that understanding them will be important in the treatment of the dry eye syndrome.Designer Ophthalmics for Dry Eye? Tear film protein complexity is far greater than previously appreciated; almost 500 proteins have now been identified. Given that few (only 4-5%) were related to dry eye in this preliminary report, our author believes disease-specific ‘signatures’ may be identified and that tear protein rescue may become a personalized approach to ocular surface disease.Sjgren’s Syndrome Patients Have Increased Inflamm
