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In this study, we aimed to establish rabbit models by three methods.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>In group A, the lacrimal gland, Harderian gland, and nictitating membrane of the left eyes were surgically removed. In group B, the bulbar conjunctiva of the left eyes was burned with 50% trichloroacetic acid. In group C, both methods above were used. The right eyes served as normal controls. The Schirmer I test (SIt), fluorescein staining, and impression cytology were evaluated at baseline and on days 28, 42, and 56.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Both the SIt and goblet cell density were significantly lower in operated eyes compared to the control eyes, while the corneal fluorescein staining scores in the operated eyes were significantly higher than in the control eyes on days 28, 42, and 56 (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.05,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.01 or<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.001). The SIt and goblet cell densities in groups B and C were significantly lower than group A on days 28, 42, and 56 (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.05,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.01 or<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.001). In addition, the corneal fluorescein staining scores in group C were significantly higher than either group A or group B on days 28, 42, and 56, while fluorescein staining scores were higher in group B than group A on days 42 and 56\u00a0days (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.05,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.01 or<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.001), with mean score 3.8\u2009\u00b1\u20091.30 (group A), 7.4\u2009\u00b1\u20091.14 (group B) and 10.8\u2009\u00b1\u20091.30 (group C) on day 56.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Results suggest that three separate DE models, with mild, moderate, and severe manifestations of DE, could be stably established, in which conjunctival goblet cells took an important role.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2415-13-50","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,10,5]],"date-time":"2013-10-05T13:02:28Z","timestamp":1380978148000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":39,"title":["Establishment of the mild, moderate and severe dry eye models using three methods in rabbits"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Na","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xinguo","family":"Deng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yang","family":"Gao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shihua","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Meifeng","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dongqing","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,10,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"344_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"The definition and classification of dry eye disease: report of the definition and classification subcommittee of the international Dry Eye workshop (2007). 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