Significance of postgamma protein fraction in tears.
Tear protein electrophoresis identifies three principal groups of proteins designated as fast-migrating proteins, globulins and postgamma protein fraction. Postgamma fraction represents 32% of total tear protein content and is antigenically constituted by lysozyme as a unique component. The clinical usefulness of determining tear lysozyme content by means of electrophoresis is pointed out.
D000328:Adult; D055316:Cystatin C; D015891:Cystatins; D004588:Electrophoresis, Cellulose Acetate; D006801:Humans; D009113:Muramidase / Q000032:analysis; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D013666:Tears / Q000032:analysis*
C525030:CST3 protein, human; D055316:Cystatin C; D015891:Cystatins; D011506:Proteins; D009113:Muramidase