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Plasminogen activator in human tears
J D Stevens1, J M Marshall, L Benjamin
1Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, UK.
Eye (London, England)
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
Measurements were made of the nature and levels of plasminogen activator in human tears using, as a model of inflammation, patients undergoing cataract surgery. Tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) but not urokinase plasminogen activator (u-PA) was found in tears. A wide variation in the range of t-PA in pre-operative tears was found. In those patients not receiving per-operative subconjunctival betamethasone a significant rise in t-PA was found in tears on the first post-operative day over pre-operative levels. A significant fall was noted in those receiving per-operative subconjunctival betamethasone.