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A healthy ocular surface is essential for maintaining a comfortable eye and clear vision. Despite many advances in the field of dry eye and ocular surface disease, the role of the tear fluid in maintaining a healthy ocular surface has not been defined. It is unknown whether tear fluid constituents influence the growth and differentiation of the ocular surface epithelium, and if they do, whether this is a primary or redundant function. Furthermore, it is not clear whether the concentration or activity of biologically active tear factors changes in dry eye conditions.
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Pflugfelder, S.C. (1998). Tear Fluid Influence on the Ocular Surface. In: Sullivan, D.A., Dartt, D.A., Meneray, M.A. (eds) Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film, and Dry Eye Syndromes 2. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 438. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5359-5_86
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