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. 2022 Feb 19;23(4):2307. doi: 10.3390/ijms23042307

Table 4.

Major protein families identified in human tear samples.

Families Group Count Proteins
Immunoglobulin High 17 IGHV4-59 IGHV5-51 JCHAIN IGHA1 IGHM IGKC
IGKV1D-33 IGHG2 IGLV3-9 IGKV1-8 IGLC2 IGK
IGKV2D-29 IGKV3-15 IGHV3-7 IGKV4-1 IGLL5
Medium 8 IGA2 IGKV3-20 IGHV6-1 IGG1 IGHG3 IGHG4
IGM IGLV1-47
Low 7 IGKV3D-11 IGKV3-11 IGHV3-15 IGHV3-9 IGHA2 IGHG1
IGKV3D-20
Rare 29 IGHV1-69D IGKV1D-8 IGHV3-72 IGHV3-74 IGHV3-49 IGHV3-33
IGKV6D-21 IGLC1 IGLV1-40 IGLV1-44 IGLV6-57 IGSF22
IGHV3-64D IGHV1-18 IGHV2-26 IGHV3-64 IGD IGHV4-28
IGHV5-10-1 IGKV5-2 IGKV3D-15 IGKV1-16 IGKV1-17 IGKV1-6
IGKV1D-13 IGLV3-19 IGLL1 IGSF10
Keratin High 7 KRT10 KRT9 KRT1 KRT2 KRT13 KRT19
KRT4
Medium 5 KRT14 KRT5 KRT7 KRT6A KRT8
Low 2 KRT18 KRT3
Rare 12 KRT15 KRT82 KRT85 KRT78 KRT31 KRT34
KRTAP5-1 KRT17 KRT23 KRT83 KRT86 KRT36
Complement High 2 C3 CFB
Medium 2 C4A CD55
Low 3 C1QTNF4 C1QB CFH
Rare 10 CFHR1 C1QTNF2 C9 C1RL C1S C4B
C7 CFHR5 CFI CR1
Myosin High 4 MYL6 MYH14 MYL12A MYH8
Medium 1 MYH9
Low 3 MYO3A MYH13 MYH10
Rare 7 MYH15 MYL1 MYLK4 MYLK MYH2 MYH7
MYH7B
Apolipoprotein High 2 APOA1 APOA2
Medium 0
Low 2 APOD APOB
Rare 7 APOA4 APOC3 APOL1 APOC2 APOE APOF
LPA
Heat shock High 4 HSPA1A HSPB1 HSP90AA1 HSPA8
Medium 1 HSPA4
Low 1 HSP90AB1
Rare 4 HSP90AA2P HSPA13 HSPA1L TRAP1
Protein s100 High 4 S100A11 S100A4 S100A8 S100A9
Medium 0
Low 0
Rare 5 S100A10 S100A14 S100A7L2 S100A2 S100A7
Mucin High 1 MUC5AC
Medium 0
Low 1 MUC16
Rare 6 MUC12 MUC17 MUC19 MUC2 MUC5B MUC6
Annexin High 5 ANXA1 ANXA2 ANXA5 ANXA3 ANXA4
Medium 1 ANXA11
Low 0
Rare 2 ANXA10 ANXA8L1
14-3-3 High 4 YWHAB YWHAZ YWHAE SFN
Medium 1 YWHAG
Low 1 YWHAQ
Rare 1 YWHAH
Cystatin High 4 CSTB CST3 CST4 CST1
Medium 1 CST2
Low 1 CST5
Rare 0
Peroxiredoxin High 4 PRDX1 PRDX5 PRDX6 PRDX2
Medium 0
Low 0
Rare 1 PRDX4