ArticleChemistry and physics of lipids2021
A spectroscopic study of the composition and conformation of cholesteryl and wax esters purified from meibum.
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- Diurnal Variation of Tear and Meibum Lipids in Healthy Subjects.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2026Article
- Direct Correlation of Levels of Meibum Cholesteryl Esters, Hydrocarbon Chain Saturation, and Protein With Lipid Structure, in Relation to Age and Dry Eye.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
- Meibum Lipid Saturation Related to Dry Eye, Age, and Sex Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
- Composition of Human Meibomian Gland Secretions: Insights from TOF-SIMS Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Thermotropic phase transitions of binary mixtures of wax and cholesteryl esters relevant to tears.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2025Article
- Comparative Characterization of Human Meibomian Glands, Free Sebaceous Glands, and Hair-Associated Sebaceous Glands Based on Biomarkers, Analysis of Secretion Composition, and Gland Morphology.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Relationship Between Human Meibum Lipid Composition and the Severity of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction: A Spectroscopic Analysis.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2023Article
- In Vitro Inhibition of Evaporation with Perfluorohexyloctane, an Eye Drop for Dry Eye Disease.Current therapeutic research, clinical and experimental · 2023Article
- Surface Chemistry Study of the Interactions of Sesame Oil with Meibomian Films.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Interferences of Waxes on Enzymatic Saccharification and Ethanol Production from Lignocellulose Biomass.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Elucidating wax ester (WE) and cholesteryl ester (CE) compositional, structural and functional relationships is key to our understanding of how these lipids are involved in natural and pathological processes. Little is known about how CE and WE interact with one another. The focus of the present study is to bridge this gap of knowledge. CE and WE were collected from human meibum as a source of esters with complex hydrocarbon chains. MgO column chromatography was used to separate WE and CE. The esters were characterized using
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