Human Meibum Lipid Conformation and Thermodynamic Changes with Meibomian-Gland Dysfunction

Human meibum lipid conformation and thermodynamic changes with meibomian-gland dysfunction.

PURPOSE Instability of the tear film with rapid tear break-up time is a common feature of aqueous-deficient and evaporative dry eye diseases, suggesting that there may be a shared structural abnormality of the tear film that is responsible for the instability. It may be that a change in the normal meibum lipid composition and conformation causes this abnormality. Principle component analyses of...

Differences in human meibum lipid composition with meibomian gland dysfunction using NMR and principal component analysis.

PURPOSE Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has been used to quantify lipid wax, cholesterol ester terpenoid and glyceride composition, saturation, oxidation, and CH₂ and CH₃ moiety distribution. This tool was used to measure changes in human meibum composition with meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD). METHODS (1)H-NMR spectra of meibum from 39 donors with meibomian gland dysfunction ...

Meibum Color and Free Fatty Acid Composition in Patients With Meibomian Gland Dysfunction.

PURPOSE We measured the components of meibum in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) and control subjects and then examined the relation between meibum composition and clinical parameters. METHODS Thirty-eight patients with MGD (13 men and 25 women; mean age ± SD, 66.9 ± 15.0 years) and 20 control subjects (8 men and 12 women; 64.5 ± 6.7 years) were enrolled. Ocular symptom score, ...

Changes in gene expression in human meibomian gland dysfunction.

PURPOSE Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) may be the leading cause of dry eye syndrome throughout the world. However, the precise mechanism(s) underlying the pathogenesis of this disease is unclear. This study was conducted to identify meibomian gland genes that may promote the development and/or progression of human MGD. METHODS Lid tissues were obtained from male and female MGD patients and...

Meibomian gland dysfunction