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Hyaluronan Regulates Eyelid and Meibomian Gland Morphogenesis

PURPOSE: The Meibomian gland (MG) produces the lipid layer of the tear film, and changes to the MG that lead to a decrease or alteration in lipid quality/content may lead to MG dysfunction, a major cause of evaporative dry eye disease with prevalence ranging from 39% to 50%. Little is known about th...

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Autores principales: Sun, Mingxia, Puri, Sudan, Parfitt, Geraint J., Mutoji, Nadine, Coulson-Thomas, Vivien J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6059170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30046813
http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.18-24292