Cholesteryl esters as a depot for very long chain fatty acids in human meibum

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 501-513

  Butovich, Igor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

HPLC; Lipids; Mass spectrometry; Meibomian glands

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPIDOMICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MEIBUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETIONS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; SECRETION;

CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 64349094606     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M800426-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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