Figure 1.

Experimental methodology for the characterization of Ig heavy and light chains detected in control and KC tears. Tears were collected from non-KC control individuals (n = 7) and KC patients (n = 7) using passive tear collection from the lateral tear meniscus into a glass capillary tube followed by proteomic analysis and immunoglobulin (Ig) characterization. The relative distributions of Ig α, Ig λ, Ig κ, and Ig µ were plotted for each individual. Pictorials modified from Servier Medical Art under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License available at smart.servier.com.