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. 2022 Feb 16;11(2):312. doi: 10.3390/biology11020312

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Comparison of differentially expressed proteins in patients with keratoconus and ocular allergy, and proteins that are altered in either condition [3,21,40,47,48,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57]. Ocular allergy and keratoconus have been linked in recent research through ocular surface changes caused by increased eye-rubbing experienced by sufferers of both conditions. Protein expression on the ocular surface in both conditions has been studied recently, as overlapping key proteins appear to be affected similarly. ^† MMP—matrix metalloproteinase.