Absorption and Extraction of Inflammatory Mediators From Contact Lens Materials

Objectives:This report aimed to explore whether certain inflammatory mediators were absorbed, extracted, or bound by various contact lens materials.Methods:Comfilcon A, balafilcon A, omafilcon A, and etafilcon A were soaked in 500 and 100 pg/mL of interleukin-8 (IL-8), matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MM