Table 1 Association between ocular surface immune cell type proportion and their characteristic secretory factors levels in the tear fluid of study subjects.

From: Keratoconus patients exhibit a distinct ocular surface immune cell and inflammatory profile

Soluble factors

r

P value

(a) CD56Total cells

Granzyme-B

0.334

0.009

Perforin

0.382

0.002

(b) CD66bTotal cells

MPO

0.269

0.036

NGAL

0.325

0.011

(c) CD3+γδTCR+T cells

TNFα

0.411

0.001

IFNγ

0.383

0.002

IL-17A

0.423

0.001

  1. r = Spearman rank correlation coefficient.
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