The Use of Conjunctival Swab for the Proteomic Characterisation of Dry Eye Syndrome

Joanna Graham^1#, Robert L.J. Graham^1#, Raymond Beirne¹, Victoria E. McGilligan¹, Stephen C. Downes¹, Jonathan E. Moore^1,2, Tara C. B. Moore¹ and Geoff McMullan^1*

¹School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland

²Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Group Hospitals, Belfast, Northern Ireland

^#Contributed equally to this work

^*Corresponding Author: Professor Geoff McMullan, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine, BT52 1SA, UK, Fax: +44-2870-324375