Shed Tears for Diagnostics

Chapter 1.1. Introduction.- Chapter 1.2. Tear function and advantage over body fluids.- Chapter 1.3. Tear film.- Chapter 1.4. Painkiller: The Non-invasive approach.- Chapter 2.1. Crying on the spot: Collection methods.- Chapter 2.2. Schirmer tear strips.- Chapter 2.3. Capillary tube.- Chapter 2.4. Ophthalmic sponges.- Chapter 2.5. Cellulose rods.- Chapter 2.6. Porous polyester rods.- Chapter 2.7. Phenol red thread test.- Chapter 2.8. Bright light exposure.- Chapter 2.9. Micropipette aspiration.- Chapter 2.10. Instillation of saline.- Chapter 2.11. Onion Vapors.- Chapter 2.12. Tear gas. - Chapter 2.13. Tear collection for cytology.- Chapter 3.1. Tear cocktail: Composition of tears.- Chapter 3.2. Water.- Chapter 3.3. Lipids.- Chapter 3.4. Glucose.- Chapter 3.5. Proteins as biomarkers.- Chapter 3.5.1. Cystatin.- Chapter 3.5.2. Galectin-3.- Chapter 3.5.3. Lysozyme.- Chapter 3.5.4. Lactoferrin.- Chapter 3.5.5. Matrix metalloproteinases.- Chapter 3.5.6. Gross cystic disease fluid protein-15.- Chapter 3.5.7. Lachrymal proline-rich 4 protein.- Chapter 3.5.8. Lacritin.- Chapter 3.5.9. Lipocalin.- Chapter 3.5.10. Lacryglobin.- Chapter 3.5.11. Lipophilin.- Chapter 3.5.12. Fibronectin.- Chapter 3.5.13. Phospholipase.- Chapter 3.5.14. Alpha 1-antichymotrypsin.- Chapter 3.5.15. Zinc-alpha-2-glycoprotein 1.- Chapter 3.5.16. Serum albumin.- Chapter 3.5.17. Mucins.- Chapter 3.5.18. Defensins.- Chapter 3.5.19. Collectins.- Chapter 3.5.20. Retinal dehydrogenase.- Chapter 3.5.21. Surfactant proteins.- Chapter 3.5.22. Thymosin-beta.- Chapter 3.5.23. Immunoglobulins.- Chapter 3.5.24. Cytokines.- Chapter 3.6. Vitamins.- Chapter 3.7. Hormones.- Chapter 3.8.  MicroRNAs.- Chapter 3.9. Electrolytes and pH.- Chapter 3.10. Extracellular vesicles.- Chapter 3.11. Water soluble antioxidants.- Chapter 3.12. Antimicrobial compounds.- Chapter 3.13. Cellular components of blood.- Chapter 3.14. Histamine.- Chapter 4. Tear profile of contact lens users.- Chapter 5.1. Tear off the disease.- Chapter

Dr. Anjali Prashar completed her postdoctoral research at King's College, London, UK on a neuroendocrinology project based on melanopsin, an opsin found in the melanophores of Xenopus laevis. She previously received her Ph.D. degree from the University of Westminster, London, UK. Her Ph.D. thesis was amongst the first papers to indicate that some of the most commonly used essential oils (e.g. lavender oil) could potentially have an adverse effect on human skin. 

Her experience in the field of scientific research stretches over many years and over varied areas of biotechnology and biomedical sciences. She also worked as a senior cell biologist at Hypha Discovery, a UK based biotech firm, where she focused on searching for novel anti-cancer compounds from fungal species including those of marine origin. She has several publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals to her credit, and is on the advisory board of the Journal of Basic Microbiology.