US Patent 5652209 - Use of secretory products of human lacrimal gland acinar epithelia for tear replacement therapy. US Patent Issued on July 29, 1997 ...
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The secretory cells of the lacrimal gland produce a highly complex product of water, ions and proteins. ... One of the major secretory "products" of the lacrimal gland is water. This water is moved from the interstitial spaces of the gland into the lumen of the gland where it is mixed with the other secretory products.
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Lacrimal glands of rodents have been proposed to function as a scent gland (3-6) although no secretory product has been examined in this respect. ...
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The lacrimal gland differs from the Har- derian gland both in histological structure and in biochemical composition of the secretory products (Sakai, '81). ...
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Hormonal effects on hamster lacrimal gland female-specific major 20 kDa secretory protein and its immunological similarity with submandibular gland major male-specific proteins.
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macromolecular secretory products. Therefore we inves- tigated the cellular and subcellular distribution of CA VI in the rat lacrimal gland. ...
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Y2 product. M, male mouse exorbital lacrimal gland cDNA; F, female mouse exorbital ..... These data showed that secretory acinar cells of the female ...
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lacrimal gland - FastHealth Medical Dictionary ... lacrimal gland n : an acinous gland that is about the size and shape of an almond, secretes tears, and is situated laterally and superiorly to the bulb of the eye in a shallow depression on the inner surface of the frontal bone - called also tear gland .;
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A MAJOR SECRETORY PRODUCT of the lacrimal gland is fluid that hydrates the ocular surface and transports tear-specific proteins produced in the lacrimal gland to the ocular surface (47). Fluid secretion in lacrimal glands is an osmotic process driven by ion movement through the apical membrane.
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The exocrine lacrimal gland is the major contributor to the aqueous component of the tear film. ... 1B-AR, 5'-GCT CCT TCT ACA TCC CGC TCG-3', 5'-AGG GGA GCC AAC ATA AGA TGA-3', 300-base pair product; and 1D-AR, 5'-CGT GTG CTC CTT CTA CCT ACC-3' and 5'-GCA CAG GAC GAA GAG ACC CAC-3', 304-base pair product.
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