Title : Regulation of tear secretion.

Pub. Date : 1994

PMID : 8030459






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1 We hypothesize first, that secretion of all layers of the tear film and all orbital glands and ocular epithelia that secrete tears is regulated; second, that neural regulation of secretion is of primary importance; and third, that the cAMP-dependent signal transduction pathway plays a pivotal role in this regulation and, except in the main lacrimal gland, Ca2+ plays a secondary role. Cyclic AMP carbonic anhydrase 2 Homo sapiens