BCVA	Best Corrected Visual Acuity
DED	Dry Eye Disease
NLPR3	NOD-, LRR- and pyrin domain-containing protein 3
IL	Interleukin
TNF	Tumour Necrosis Factor
MCP	Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein
DAMPs	Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns
ROS	Reactive Oxygen Species
mTOR	Mammalian Target OF Rapamycin
NF-κB	Nuclear Factor Kappa B
OCT	Optical Coherence Tomography
IGF	Insulin-like Growth Factor
EGF	Epidermal Growth Factor
HGF	Hepatocyte growth Factor
KGF	Keratinocyte Growth Factor
TGF	Transforming Growth Factor
ECM	Extracellular Matrix
IFN-γ	Interferon Gamma
IVCM	In Vivo Confocal Microscopy
ER	Endoplasmic Reticulum