Open AccessStructural Differences in Meibum From Donors After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantations
Author(s) -
Aparna Ramasubramanian,
Ryan Blackburn,
Heegook Yeo,
Samiyyah Sledge,
Zahara N Gully,
Sharika Singh,
Sanya Mehta,
Akshay Mehta,
Marta C. Yappert,
Douglas Borchman
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cornea
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.274
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1536-4798
pISSN - 0277-3740
DOI - 10.1097/ico.0000000000001935
Subject(s) - hematopoietic stem cell transplantation , population , medicine , hematopoietic stem cell , transplantation , stem cell , haematopoiesis , biology , environmental health , genetics
Meibum is considered to be a key component of tears that serve to protect the eye, and conformational changes in meibum have not been studied extensively within the population of patients who had hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). The aim of this study was to determine possible lipid conformational changes in the meibum of patients who had HSCT.