The significance of the arginine and arginase of tears in experimentally-induced herpes simplex corneae.
Albrecht Von Graefes Arch Klin Exp Ophthalmol
; 209(3): 219-24, 1979 Jan 15.
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| ID: mdl-311176
ABSTRACT
Experimental corneal herpes is always accompanied by the accumulation of arginine, the substrate of arginase, in tears, ensuring the multiplication of the herpes hominis virus. The main source of the large amount of arginine is the desquamating corneal epithelium, since after the epithelium of the cornea is abraded the arginine content of the tears again equals that of healthy tears. The low arginase content of rabbit tears can be supplemented by arginase applied as eyedrops, and this results in the cure of the herpetic process.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Arginase
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Arginine
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Tears
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Keratitis, Dendritic
Language:
En
Journal:
Albrecht Von Graefes Arch Klin Exp Ophthalmol
Year:
1979
Type:
Article