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Synthesis of 1,2-Azaborines and the Preparation of Their Protein Complexes with T4 Lysozyme Mutants
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A protocol for the synthesis of 1,2-azaborines and the preparation of their protein complexes with T4 lysozyme mutants is presented.
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A Novel Technique of Rescuing Capsulorhexis Radial Tear-out using a Cystotome
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Capsulorhexis is an important step in phacoemulsification surgery. A surgeon creates a continous curvilinear tear on the anterior lens capsule by controlling the tearing vector forces. A peripherally extended tear is a serious complication. This video demonstrates a novel technique of rescuing capsular radial tear out using a cystotome.
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Tear-Derived Exosomal miR-15a as New Diagnostic Tool for Diabetic Retinopathy
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This article describes a protocol for the collection and detection of miR-15a from tears as a new diagnostic tool for diabetic retinopathy.
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Bead Based Multiplex Assay for Analysis of Tear Cytokine Profiles
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Analysis of tear film cytokines helps in studying various ocular diseases. Bead based multiplex assays are simple and sensitive and enable the testing of multiple targets in samples with small volumes. Here we describe a protocol for tear film cytokine profiling a using bead based multiplex assay.
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Quantification of Tear Volume in an Autoimmune Dry Eye Rat Model using the Phenol Red Thread
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2025
This video demonstrates the phenol red thread test to determine tear volume in an autoimmune dry eye rat model. The pH-sensitive acidic phenol red thread changes color when it comes in contact with the alkaline tears. The shorter length of color change in the phenol red thread corresponds to reduced tear volume.
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Peptidoglycan is the key molecular target for tear lysozyme. The enzyme hydrolyzes bonds within this cell-wall material, weakening bacterial structural integrity. Its effect therefore depends on whether peptidoglycan is present and accessible, rather than simply on the presence of microbes. This explains why some bacteria are described as susceptible to lysozyme activity.
Continuous tear flow supports lysozyme activity by distributing the enzyme across the cornea and other exposed areas of the tear film. It also helps remove debris from the ocular surface. Consequently, protection depends not only on the enzyme’s chemical action but also on the movement of tears that maintains coverage and surface cleaning.
Tear lysozyme illustrates how innate immune defenses can operate directly at an exposed mucosal surface. The tear film places an antimicrobial enzyme at the eye’s boundary with the environment, where it can act against susceptible bacteria. This provides a useful biological model for linking surface protection, antimicrobial activity, and tear-film function.
Its contribution is both chemical and spatial. Chemically, lysozyme weakens susceptible bacterial cell walls by acting on peptidoglycan. Spatially, tear movement distributes the enzyme across the cornea, while the same flow helps clear debris. Together, these features support the tear film’s role in limiting microbial invasion of the exposed ocular surface.
Tear lysozyme connects the composition of the tear film with its protective performance. Research can consider how an antimicrobial enzyme is distributed across the cornea and how tear flow supports both coverage and debris removal. This perspective helps examine the tear film as an active protective system rather than only as a surface layer.
Research on tear lysozyme can clarify how ocular surfaces resist microbial invasion and how tear-film protection operates. Those insights are relevant to studying eye-related conditions and to developing antimicrobial strategies focused on the eye. The topic also connects molecular enzyme activity with broader biological questions about protection at exposed mucosal surfaces.