Kinetic Profiles of Inflammatory Mediators in the Conjunctival Sac Fluid of Patients upon Photorefractive Keratectomy

Figure 1

Comparison between local (microenvironment of the anterior surface of the eye) and systemic levels of cytokines/chemokines in healthy subjects. The levels of 29 cytokines/chemokines were measured by multiples assays in conjunctival sac fluid samples collected from normal contralateral eyes of patients (normal controls) (a) and serum samples (b) of healthy subjects. The levels of expression have been arbitrarily divided in ranges, as detailed in the legend, and graphically represented based on the number of cytokines/chemokines belonging to the different clusters. ND: not detectable.

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