title: Dataset of tear film cytokine levels in dry eye disease (DED) patients with and without HIV infection.
abstract: The tear film cytokine profiling data in this article was obtained from a prospective case-control study with a sample size of 34 dry eye disease (DED) patients with HIV infection and 32 DED patients without HIV infection, see "A distinct cytokines profile in tear film of dry eye disease (DED) patients with HIV infection" (R. Agrawal, P.K. Balne, A. Veerappan, V.B. Au, B. Lee, E. Loo, A. Ghosh, L. Tong, S.C. Teoh, J. Connolly, P. Tan, 2016) [1]. Tear samples were collected from all the subjects using Schirmer׳s strips and cytokine profiling was done using the Luminex bead based multiplex assay with a panel of 41 analytes. The cytokine level differences in each group of subjects were analyzed using logistic regression models.
authors.affiliation: National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Praveen Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Balne
authors.affiliation: National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore.
authors.forename: Rupesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, Singapore.
authors.forename: Veonice Bijin
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Au
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, Singapore.
authors.forename: Bernett
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Eileen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Loo
authors.affiliation: Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore; Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore; National University of Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.affiliation: Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore; GROW Research Laboratory, Narayana Nethralaya Foundation, India.
authors.forename: Arkasubhra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.affiliation: Eagle Eye Centre, Singapore.
authors.forename: Stephen C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Teoh
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, Singapore.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Connolly
authors.affiliation: Jurong General Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Petrina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tan
keywords: Cytokines; Dry eye disease; GRO; HIV; Ocular surface