Abstract
This paper focuses on the effects of wear regime on the deposition pattern of important immunoregulatory proteins on FDA Group IV etafilcon-A lenses. Specifically, the aim was to assess the extent to which the daily disposable wear modality produces a different deposition of proteins from the conventional daily wear regime which is coupled with cleaning and disinfection. Counter immunoelectrophoresis (CIE) was employed to detect individual proteins in lens extracts from individual patients and focused on the analysis of five proteins, IgA, IgG, lactoferrin, albumin and kininogen. Deposition was monitored as a function of time; significantly lower deposition was detected on the daily disposable lenses. cr 2002 British Contact Lens Association. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 73-80 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Contact Lens and Anterior Eye |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2002 |
Keywords
- protein deposition
- counter immunoelectrophoresis
- patient comfort
- time dependency
- biocompatibility