Abstract
Aging is accompanied by morphological and secretory changes in lacrimal and salivary glands (LG and SG) that correlate with manifestations of dry eye and mouth among the elderly.1–6 Apart from systemic diseases, hormonal imbalances and the use of medications affect organ functions during aging.7 A concomitant impairment of the mechanisms of signal transduction may contribute to specific organ dysfunction.8–10 KeywordsRespiratory Syncytial VirusHerpes Simplex Virus TypeCorneal Epithelial CellCorneal StromaChemokine ExpressionThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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