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7322501

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-3-13
pubmed:abstractText
Biopsy specimens from the upper tarsal conjunctiva of 20 contact lens wearers with a clinically evident increase in mucus and ten non-lens wearing subjects were examined by light microscopy and scanning and transmission electron microscopy to determine the effect of contact lens wear on the mucous cell system(s). Three types of crypts associated with mucous secretion were found in all specimens: those with intracellular openings (type I, 0.1 to 0.2 mum) associated with non-goblet mucous secretory cells; those with small intercellular openings (type II, 1 to 2 mum) usually associated with goblet cells, and those with intraepithelial and intrastromal crypts with large intercellular openings (type III, 10 to 60 mum) lined with goblet and non-goblet mucous secretory cells. Contact lens wearers had increased numbers of non-goblet cells with mucous secretory vesicles lining the surface of the conjunctiva and the epithelial infoldings of type III crypts than did the normal subjects. We conclude that increased mucous secretion in contact lens wearers is associated with an increased number of cells and number of secretory vesicles involved in the non-goblet cell mucous system.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0161-6420
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
88
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
821-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of contact lens wear on the conjunctival mucous system.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't