ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2019
Lipid Saturation and the Rheology of Human Tear Lipids.
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- Biophysical Interactions of Silicon Quantum Dots With Human Tears and Dry Eye Drops: A Langmuir Trough Study.Translational vision science & technology · 2026Article
- Changes in Human Meibum Lipid Composition Related to the Presence and Severity of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction.Journal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics · 2024Article
- Integrated multi-omics and machine learning approach reveals lipid metabolic biomarkers and signaling in age-related meibomian gland dysfunction.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2023Article
- Fluid dynamics of droplet generation from corneal tear film during non-contact tonometry in the context of pathogen transmission.Physics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994) · 2021Article
- Meibum Lipid Composition and Conformation in Parkinsonism.EC ophthalmology · 2021Article
- Meibum lipid hydrocarbon chain branching and rheology after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
Elevated levels of acyl chain saturation of meibomian lipids are associated with enhanced tear film (TF) stability in infants to shortened TF breakup time with meibomian gland dysfunction. Thus, the effect of saturation on the surface properties of human TF lipids (TFLs) using a Langmuir surface balance and Brewster angle microscopy was studied. Lipid phase transitions were measured using infrared spectroscopy. The raise in the % of saturation resulted in thicker, and more elastic films at π = 12 mN/m, with the effects being proportional to the saturation level. At the same time, at lower (≤10 mN/m) π, the raise in saturation resulted in an altered spreading and modified structure of TFL layers. The strong impact of saturation on TFL surface properties correlated with a saturation induced increase of the TFL acyl chain order, phase transition temperature, and lipid-lipid interactions. The native TFL order and π
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